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Farewell Summer

In the deceiving warmth of earliest October, civil war has come to Green Town, Illinois, an age-old conflict pitting the young against the elderly for control of the clock that ticks their lives ever forward. The graying forces of school board despot M

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“Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it.”

— Ray Bradbury, amazon.com

Tagged: Life, Letting Go

“Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You've got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it. It's like boats. You keep your motor on so you can steer with the current. And when you hear the sound of the waterfall…”

— Ray Bradbury, amazon.com

Tagged: Moving On, Letting Go, Moving Forward

“Every time you take a step, even when you don't want to. When it hurts, when it means you rub chins with death, or even if it means dying, that's good. Anything that moves ahead, wins. No chess game was ever won by the player who sat for a lifetime thinking over his next move.”

— Ray Bradbury, amazon.com

Tagged: Thinking, Acting, Death

“Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You've got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it.”

— Ray Bradbury, amazon.com

Tagged: Life, Learning, relax

“Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You've got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it. It's like boats. You keep your motor on so you can steer with the current. And when you hear the sound of the waterfall…”

— Ray Bradbury, amazon.com

Tagged: How To Think, The Art of Awareness, Psychology, Philosophy