I prefer feeling insignificant," said Jess. "I don't believe that." "I didn't say worthless, I said insignificant, as in the grand scheme of things." "But why?" "Because humans have such a complex. We're so self-involved. You have to get out to a place like this to remember how small humanity really is." And Jess was right. Numbers didn't matter here. Money didn't count, and all the words and glances, the quick exchanges that built or tore down reputations had no meaning in this place. The air was moist. Fallen leaves, spreading branches, and crisscrossing roots wicked water, so that the trees seemed to drink the misty air. Jess said, "All your worries fade away, because..." Emily finished her thought. "The trees put everything in perspective.
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ELLEN GOODMAN Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are thos... ELLEN GOODMAN Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that... ELLEN GOODMAN In journalism, there has always been a tension between getting it first and getting it right. ELLEN GOODMAN All in all, I am not surprised that the people who want to unravel the social contract start with yo... ELLEN GOODMAN The important thing about travel in foreign lands is that it breaks the speech habits and makes you ... PAUL GOODMAN Few great men could pass Personnel. PAUL GOODMAN Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination. ROY GOODMAN Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are thos... ELLEN GOODMAN Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are th... ELLEN GOODMAN "God works in many ways His wonders to perform." But He's not a skillful mechanic. A man drived ov... PAUL GOODMAN In America you can say anything you want - as long as it doesn't have any effect. PAUL GOODMAN It takes application, a fine sense of value, and a powerful community-spirit for a people to have se... PAUL GOODMAN It rarely adds anything to say, ''In my opinion'' -not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only yo... PAUL GOODMAN When the Devil quotes Scriptures, it's not, really, to deceive, but simply that the masses are so ig... PAUL GOODMAN What we're saying to people is 'Look, we'll wipe that (Internet access) cost out for you, but make y... PAUL GOODMAN Desperate families have been waiting for government action on the CSA since its last chief executive... PAUL GOODMAN I am willing to completely challenge and face the legal threat. PAUL GOODMAN I am often involved in individual housing cases when constituents ask for my help. This chance to vi... PAUL GOODMAN This is one of the most difficult retail businesses to be successful at because with most businesses... PAUL GOODMAN You'll have to rent a shop, open a retail display area, buy the refrigerators and equipment and subs... PAUL GOODMAN They can do that because there are additional revenue streams available beyond the hardware. That ch... MICHAEL GOODMAN We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cr... ELLEN GOODMAN Those inevitable dreams where you can't get your column in, you know, and at first they were the... ELLEN GOODMAN Obviously you can't please everyone. I'm sure some people say, 'Bloody old Len Goodman g... LEN GOODMAN Kids are at my level. I like goofing around with them. JOHN GOODMAN I've got a great life. It's a shame the work gets in the way of the golf, really. LEN GOODMAN I remember Glenn Miller coming to me once, before he had his own band, saying, How do you do it? How... BENNY GOODMAN