Kathleen Norris quotes

All that is necessary is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensable, and bear the intolerable. (Kathleen Norris)
Just the knowledge that a good book is waiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier. View quote
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I wonder if children don't begin to reject both poetry and religion for similar reasons, because the way both are taught takes the life out of them. View quote
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Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine. View quote
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If grace is so wonderful, why do we have such difficulty recognizing and accepting it? Maybe it's because grace is not gentle or made-to-order. It often comes disguised as loss, or failure, or unwelcome change. View quote
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There are men I could spend eternity with. but not this life. View quote
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I write what I would like to read – what I think other women would like to read. If what I write makes a woman in the Canadian mountains cry and she writes and tells me about it, especially if she says ‘I read it to Tom when he came in from work and he cried too,' I feel I have succeeded. View quote
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When I was a child, it was a matter of pride that I could plow through a Nancy Drew story in one afternoon, and begin another in the evening.... I was probably trying to impress the librarians who kept me supplied with books. View quote
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A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. View quote
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Home ought to be our clearing house, the place from which we go forth lessoned and disciplined, and ready for life. View quote
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To be an American is to move on, as if we could outrun change. To attach oneself to place is to surrender to it, and suffer with it. (Kathleen Norris)
Not money, or success, or position or travel or love makes happiness,--service is the secret. View quote
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Disconnecting from change does not recapture the past. It loses the future. View quote
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This is a God who is not identified with the help of a dictionary but through a relationship. View quote
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In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular. View quote
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Before you begin a thing, remind yourself that difficulties and delays quite impossible to foresee are ahead. If you could see them clearly, naturally you could do a great deal to get rid of them but you can't. You can only see one thing clearly and that is your goal. Form a mental vision of that and cling to it through thick and thin. View quote
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The ordinary activities I find most compatible with contemplation are walking, baking bread, and doing laundry. View quote
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If we are lucky, we can give in and rest without feeling guilty. We can stop doing and concentrate on being. View quote
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Only Christ could have brought us all together, in this place, doing such absurd but necessary things. View quote
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I've come to see conspiracy theories as the refuge of those who have lost their natural curiosity and ability to cope with change. View quote
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Changing husbands is only changing troubles. (Kathleen Norris)