Quotes About Community

There is too much at stake for us to surrender to the politics of polarization.

This is not the time for partisan bickering. This is not the time for politics as usual. Some of us are Democrats. Some of us are Republicans. Some of us are Independents. Above all, we must be Oklahomans first.

If the pastor and elders are people of prayer, their example and exhortation will encourage others to pray. If they are not, the whole congregation will be infected with an atmosphere of prayerlessness, and people's prayers will remain mostly personal and individual. I

It comes down to building your own world out here on the road. It's who you surround yourself with. My band and crew are really positive guys.

Generally speaking, these Christians want basic changes inspired by the gospel to infuse their traditional, broader understanding of "divine law." They want the right to choose their own clergy. They want an end to feudal taxes and fees they consider burdensome and unjust. They want access to shared woods, fields, and streams for their use. And they want the abolition of traditional serfdom and the oppressive conditions it entails.

almost every technology that has connected people who live apart has also created new barriers between people who live close together.

The high-tech community was getting a lesson in the dynamics of network effects—products or services become increasingly valuable as more people use them.

Our cities are going to be given back to us. Our time is going to be given back to us. And there's going to be a very, very different world in terms of how we experience our cities. We are just getting started.

Wilde!" Nicole called out, clearly happy to see him. She brought him a beer. When it came to beer, he was, like the hotel, "unfussy," but he enjoyed whatever local ale was on tap. Today, that was a "blonde lager" from the Asbury Park Brewery. Nicole leaned over the bar to buss his cheek. Tom down at the other end gave him a wave.

On the news, the neighbors are always like, 'Gee, I didn't know that nice man was chopping up little kids—he always seemed so polite.' But you go back, you ask their schoolteachers, you ask their childhood friends, they almost always tell a different story. They're never surprised.

Adult suburbia can be a lot like high school.

I still love libraries. I love the hybrid quality, the new computer sections and the books yellowing with age. Libraries for me have always had a cathedral-like ambiance, a hushed sanctuary where learning is revered, where we the people elevate books and education to the level of the religious.

Everyone talked with Brenda. They wanted to hear about the new women's league, but they were far more impressed when they heard Brenda was going to be a doctor. Dad even let Brenda take over the grill for a while, a move for Dad tantamount to donating a kidney.

Matt and Olivia lived in a declining two-family held together by aluminum siding.

part of the human condition is that all decent people think they are phonies and don't belong at some point or another.

The other mothers eyed her with suspicion. Adult suburbia can be a lot like high school.

Raisa Mora's street was packed with seen-better-days row houses. Maya found the right address and headed up steps of cracked concrete. She pressed the buzzer, listened for footsteps, heard nothing. Smashed bottles lined the walk. Two doors down a man in an open flannel shirt over a wifebeater tee gave her a toothless smile. They

But Javier was so happy when Theo got in. Me, I was worried for Theo. How do you fit in at a place like that when you come from a place like this? It's almost like, I don't know, what do they call it when scuba divers come up too fast? The bends. It felt like that to me. I didn't say anything though. I'm not stupid. I could see what an opportunity this could be for Theo. You know what I mean?" "Yes, of course." "So

If there were train tracks nearby, this neighborhood was on the wrong side of them.

In short, Millie explained in long, they would decorate the middle school gymnasium to look like various comic-book places.

We were broken down into groups of six—mine featured three incoming freshmen and three upperclassmen who had just moved to town. "One

Maybe Jared was sick today. He lived, I knew thanks to Spoon, on the second floor of Barna House. I could go and see if he was there. The other option was to . . . to what? I could go find Ema at the deli, but then it might be harder to come back on campus without a lot of questions. Might

There weren't many people on this block, but those who were there regarded me with little more than passing, channel-surfing interest.

Parties Are for Weekends, Not Politics.