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Kathleen Norris quotes: I've come to see conspiracy theories as the refuge of those who have lost their natural curiosity and ability to cope with change.

I've come to see conspiracy theories as the refuge of those who have lost their natural curiosity and ability to cope with change.

Kathleen Norris quotes: The fact that one people's frontier is usually another's homeland has been mostly overlooked.

The fact that one people's frontier is usually another's homeland has been mostly overlooked.

Kathleen Norris quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Who can be good, if not made so by loving? - St. Augustine

Who can be good, if not made so by loving? - St. Augustine

Kathleen Norris quotes: Any life lived attentively is disillusioning as it forces us to know us as we are.

Any life lived attentively is disillusioning as it forces us to know us as we are.

Kathleen Norris quotes: Being closed in makes us edgy because it reminds us of our vulnerability before the elements; we can't escape the fact that life is precarious.

Being closed in makes us edgy because it reminds us of our vulnerability before the elements; we can't escape the fact that life is precarious.

Kathleen Norris quotes: Only Christ could have brought us all together, in this place, doing such absurd but necessary things.

Only Christ could have brought us all together, in this place, doing such absurd but necessary things.

Kathleen Norris quotes: From Return of Swamp ThingIt's the old impasse:I don't know what to wait for.

From Return of Swamp Thing
It's the old impasse:
I don't know what to wait for.

Kathleen Norris quotes: The often heard lament, 'I have so little time,' gives the lie to the delusion that the daily is of little significance.

The often heard lament, 'I have so little time,' gives the lie to the
delusion that the daily is of little significance.

Kathleen Norris quotes: There are men I could spend eternity with. But not this life.

There are men I could spend eternity with. But not this life.

Kathleen Norris quotes: All of cleanliness is neither embraced nor denied by the taking of cold baths.

All of cleanliness is neither embraced nor denied by the taking of cold baths.

Kathleen Norris quotes: I was taught that I had to 'master' subjects. But who can 'master' beauty, or peace, or joy?

I was taught that I had to 'master' subjects. But who can 'master' beauty, or peace, or joy?

Kathleen Norris quotes: I am learning to see loneliness as a seed that, when planted deep enough, can grow into writing that goes back out into the world.

I am learning to see loneliness as a seed that, when planted deep enough, can grow into writing that goes back out into the world.

Kathleen Norris quotes: Pay close attention to objects, events and natural phenomenon that would otherwise get chewed up in the daily grind.

Pay close attention to objects, events and natural phenomenon that would otherwise get chewed up in the daily grind.

Kathleen Norris quotes: An old farmer once asked my husband and me how long we'd been in the country. "Five years," we answered. "Well, then," he said, "you've seen rain.

An old farmer once asked my husband and me how long we'd been in the country. "Five years," we answered. "Well, then," he said, "you've seen rain.

Kathleen Norris quotes: A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.

Kathleen Norris quotes: If we are lucky, we can give in and rest without feeling guilty. We can stop doing and concentrate on being.

If we are lucky, we can give in and rest without feeling guilty. We can stop doing and concentrate on being.

Kathleen Norris quotes: Not money, or success, or position or travel or love makes happiness,service is the secret.

Not money, or success, or position or travel or love makes happiness,
service is the secret.

Kathleen Norris quotes: Anyone who listens to the world, anyone who seeks the sacred in the ordinary events of life, has problems about how to believe.

Anyone who listens to the world, anyone who seeks the sacred in the ordinary events of life, has problems about how to believe.

Kathleen Norris quotes: And a lot he knows about office work, not.

And a lot he knows about office work, not.

Kathleen Norris quotes: Listening to Jeremiah is one hell of a way to get your blood going in the morning; it puts caffeine to shame.

Listening to Jeremiah is one hell of a way to get your blood going in the morning; it puts caffeine to shame.

Kathleen Norris quotes: When you come to a place where you have to left or right,' says Sister Ruth, 'go straight ahead.

When you come to a place where you have to left or right,' says Sister Ruth, 'go straight ahead.

Kathleen Norris quotes: Because we are made in God's image, in fleeing from a relationship with a loving God, we are also running from being our most authentic selves.

Because we are made in God's image, in fleeing from a relationship with a loving God, we are also running from being our most authentic selves.

Kathleen Norris quotes: Men are more conventional than women and much slower to change their ideas.

Men are more conventional than women and much slower to change their ideas.

Kathleen Norris quotes: I write what I would like to read.

I write what I would like to read.

Kathleen Norris quotes: In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Kathleen Norris quotes: Over and over again mediocrity is promoted because real worth isn't to be found.

Over and over again mediocrity is promoted because real worth isn't to be found.

Kathleen Norris quotes: The High Plains, the beginning of the desert West, often act as a crucible for those who inhabit them.

The High Plains, the beginning of the desert West, often act as a crucible for those who inhabit them.

Kathleen Norris quotes: Well, they tell us meat isn't good for us anyway!

Well, they tell us meat isn't good for us anyway!

Kathleen Norris quotes: Peace - that was the other name for home.

Peace - that was the other name for home.

Kathleen Norris quotes: ... religious traditions build up meaning only over time and in a communal context. They can't be purchased like a burger or a pair of shoes.

... religious traditions build up meaning only over time and in a communal context. They can't be purchased like a burger or a pair of shoes.

Kathleen Norris quotes: Wariness about change is a kind of prairie wisdom.

Wariness about change is a kind of prairie wisdom.

Kathleen Norris quotes: But in order to have an adult faith, most of us have to outgrow and unlearn much of what we were taught about religion.

But in order to have an adult faith, most of us have to outgrow and unlearn much of what we were taught about religion.

Kathleen Norris quotes: In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.

In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.

Kathleen Norris quotes: Just the knowledge that a good book is waiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.

Just the knowledge that a good book is waiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.

Kathleen Norris quotes: When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you should be contented with your lot?

When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you should be contented with your lot?

Kathleen Norris quotes: Disconnecting from change does not recapture the past. It loses the future.

Disconnecting from change does not recapture the past. It loses the future.

Kathleen Norris quotes: Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine.

Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine.

Kathleen Norris quotes: 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.

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.

Kathleen Norris quotes: There seems to be so much more winter than we need this year.

There seems to be so much more winter than we need this year.

Kathleen Norris quotes: I was vaguely attracted to both library science and accounting, for the way that these disciplines impose order on chaos.

I was vaguely attracted to both library science and accounting, for the way that these disciplines impose order on chaos.

Kathleen Norris quotes: The ordinary activities I find most compatible with contemplation are walking, baking bread, and doing laundry.

The ordinary activities I find most compatible with contemplation are walking, baking bread, and doing laundry.

Kathleen Norris quotes: It's all so beautiful ... the spring ... and books and music and fires ... Why aren't they enough?

It's all so beautiful ... the spring ... and books and music and fires ... Why aren't they enough?

Kathleen Norris quotes: One may have been a fool, but there's no foolishness like being bitter.

One may have been a fool, but there's no foolishness like being bitter.

Kathleen Norris quotes: Friendship is an art, and very few persons are born with a natural gift for it.

Friendship is an art, and very few persons are born with a natural gift for it.

Kathleen Norris quotes: Like an exasperating but invaluable friend, the Bible keeps bringing me back to my senses, often in bracing (and comical) ways.

Like an exasperating but invaluable friend, the Bible keeps bringing me back to my senses, often in bracing (and comical) ways.

Kathleen Norris quotes: This is a God who is not identified with the help of a dictionary but through a relationship.

This is a God who is not identified with the help of a dictionary but through a relationship.

Kathleen Norris quotes: Traversing a slow page, to come upon a lode of the pure shining metal is to exult inwardly for greedy hours.

Traversing a slow page, to come upon a lode of the pure shining metal is to exult inwardly for greedy hours.

Kathleen Norris quotes: Poets and monks ... We're both sort of peripheral to the world.

Poets and monks ... We're both sort of peripheral to the world.

Kathleen Norris quotes: Here we discover the paradox of the contemplative life, that the desert of solitude can be the school where we learn to love others.

Here we discover the paradox of the contemplative life, that the desert of solitude can be the school where we learn to love others.