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Sat 30 May 2009

Quest for the Cure Quilt Block

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Creating
- "It was an act of courage to take the scraps of life provided and stitch them together, wrestling the chaos into order, taking what had been cast off and creating something from it, something useful, beautiful, and strong, something whose true value was known only to the heart of the woman who made it." The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kedd
“Metaphysical midges”
- "Yes, you must try to rethink what is real. Perhaps It is only a matter of language that traps you. You May yet find a new one in which experience overlaps Words. Or find some words that make the Truth come true." "The Whole Question," by Robert Penn Warren
Desire
- "Wunsch's loose lower lip curled in amusement.
  Then, as if he suddenly remembered something, he spoke seriously. 'Nothing is far and nothing is near, if one desires. The world is little, people are little, human life is little. There is only one big thing--desire. And before it, when it is big, all is little. It brought Columbus across the sea in a little boat...'"
  
  The Song of the Lark, by Willa Cather