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A collection of essays extolling the simple things in life. A book to raise the spirits and warm the heart. Includes the famous Kindergarten essay that was read on the floor of the U.S. Senate.
Das Buch ist pathetisch und sentimental. Und trotzdem hat es etwas, was mich tief berührt . Diese einfachen Geschichten sprechen mich teilweise sehr stark an. Am liebsten mag ich die titelgebende Geschichte und die mit den Meerjungfrauen. Beide haben in mir etwas angerührt. Ich musste bei diesem Buch an vielen Stellen richtig weinen. Auch die Geschichte mit dem Versteckspiel fand ich gut. Die Geschichten sind recht einfach, aber sie haben eben auch deshalb einen ganz einfach zu findenden wahren Kern. ( )
Fulghum, a retired Unitarian minister, does not express uncommon thoughts here: his thoughts are those we all wish were true.... Fulghum approaches each topic here with lump-in-the-throat sentimentality, which is sure to feed the public's perceived hunger for happy talk.
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Each spring, for many years, I have set myself the task of writing a personal statement of belief: a Credo.
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And it still is true, no matter how old you are -- when you go out into the world,it is best to hold hands and stick together. (p. 8)
Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts... (p. 20)
But sometimes something slips through the net of prejudice, some small bit of a sign that is so clean and true and real that it wedges open the rusting Iron Curtain long enough for us to see not an enemy but fellow travelers, joined to us by membership in the Fellowship of Joy-and-Pain. (p. 31)
The man said he would like to go about doing good without knowing about it. God granted his wish. And then God decided that it was such a good idea, he would grant that wish to all human beings. And so it has been to this day. (p. 80)
Well, where do the Mermaids stand? All the "Mermaids" -- all those who are different, who do not fit the norm and who do not accept the available boxes and pigeonholes? (p. 84)
So, in other words, what's behind my bed and bookcase and dresser and chest is mostly me and stardust. (p. 123)
He said, "Ignorance and power and pride are a deadly mixture, you know." (p. 130)
But to be human is to know and care and ask. (p. 161)
Or the bliss of just what was-for-a-day when nothing special took place -- life just worked. (p. 179)
Peace is not something you wish for; it's something you make, something you do, something you are, and something you give away! (p. 192)
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The next time I will tell you about frogs; Miss Emily Phipps; a sign in a grocery store in Pocatello, Idaho; the most disastrous wedding of all time; a Greek phrase, asbests gelos (unquenchable laughter); the Salvation Navy; the man who knew then what he knows now; the smallest circus in the world; the truth about high school; and the time when the bed was on fire when I lay down on it; and
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