I sleep with a glass of water on the nightstand so I can see by its level if the coastal earth is trembling or if the shaking is still me.
Interpretation
This quote reflects a deep awareness of one's environment and emotional state, using the glass of water as a metaphor for sensitivity to both nature and personal turmoil.
In this quote, Amy Hempel expresses a profound connection between the physical world and her internal feelings. The glass of water symbolizes clarity and perception; its level indicates either the tremors of the earth or the disturbances within her own mind. This interplay suggests how our emotional states can be intertwined with external realities, prompting introspection about the nature of one's existence and the duality of perception.
In practice
This quote can be used in a discussion about mindfulness and awareness of one's surroundings.
Then the children went to bed, or at least went upstairs, and the men joined the women for a cigarette on the porch, absently picking ticks engorged like grapes off the sleeping dogs. And when the men kissed the women good night, and their weekend whiskers scratched the women's cheeks, the women did not think shave, they thought stay.
I do feel that if you can write one good sentence and then another good sentence and then another, you end up with a good story.
if it's true your life flashes past your eyes before you die, then it is also the truth that your life rushes forth when you are ready to start to truly be alive.
A religion made up solely of heightened religious experiences would not be a religion at all. ...The major religious traditions address the mysteries (with or without entheogens), but they have other business to do: widen understanding, give meaning, provide solace, promote loving-kindness, and connect human being to human being.
Africa's not a color - it's a place.
I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it's so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.
I'm like everyone elseβI see the world in terms of what I would like to see happen, not what actually does.
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
'-mediocre, arrogant as his father, a determined rule-breaker, delighted to find himself famous, attention-seeking and impertinent -' said Severus. 'You see what you expect to see, Severus.' said Dumbledore.
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