Quotes by Mary Rose O'Reilley, The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd

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I would not have majored in English and gone on to teach literature had I not been able to construct a counterargument a — Mary Rose O'Reilley, The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd
One night I begged Robin, a scientist by training, to watch Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman' with me on PBS. He las — Mary Rose O'Reilley, The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd
On the first day of November last year, sacred to many religious calendars but especially the Celtic, I went for a walk — Mary Rose O'Reilley, The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd
I would not say I am looking for God. Or, I am not looking for God precisely. I am not seeking the God I learned about a — Mary Rose O'Reilley, The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd
I was only beginning to enter into the infinite subtlety of Gregorian chant. It was - and remains - the only public pray — Mary Rose O'Reilley, The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd
Cultural wisdom says 'Don't quit your day job.' Yet I think these desires represent our psyche's stretch toward wholenes — Mary Rose O'Reilley, The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd
There is a bench in the back of my garden shaded by Virginia creeper, climbing roses, and a white pine where I sit early — Mary Rose O'Reilley, The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd
My music teacher offered twittering madrigals and something about how, in Italy, in Italy, the oranges hang on the tree. — Mary Rose O'Reilley, The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd
What to wear on a Minnesota farm? The older farmers I know wear brown polyester jumpsuits, like factory workers. The you — Mary Rose O'Reilley, The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd
Teaching English is (as professorial jobs go) unusually labor-intensive and draining. To do it well, you have to spend a — Mary Rose O'Reilley, The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd
When I speak in Christian terms or Buddhist terms I'm simply selecting for the moment a dialect. Christian words for me — Mary Rose O'Reilley, The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd
Whatever you eye falls on - for it will fall on what you love - will lead you to the questions of your life, the questio — Mary Rose O'Reilley, The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd