small change, small wonders--these are the currency of my endurance and ultimately of my life.

political urgencies come and go, but it's a fair enough vocation to strike one match after another against the dark isolation, when spectacular arrogance rules the day and tries to force hope into hiding. it seems to me that there is still so much more to say that i had better raise up a yell across the fence. i have stories of things i believe in: a persistent river, a forest on the edge of night, the religion inside a seed, the startle of wingbeats when a spark of red light flies against all reason out of the darkness. One child, one bear. I'd like to speak of small wonders, and the possibility of taking heart.

-- small wonder by barbara kingsolver

you can definitely tell what i'm currently hooked on now.. only an author so good is able to put me in such a trance.

just an observation: nicholas sparks' are for preteens, and 'sweet valley' is for babies to poke at