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Letters to Christopher Reeve from Strangers and Other Friends
Dana Reeve: Care Packages Dana Reeve: Care Packages

„This ​book is a thank-you letter. A long overdue reply to all of the people who, during one of the most difficult and painful periods my family has had to endure, took time and wrote to us; faxed us; phoned or visited us; prayed for us; joined hands for us; sent us flowers, gifts, white light, religious tokens and talismans, books, tapes, drawings, funny stories and jokes that made us laugh, tales of overcoming hardship that inspired us and gave us hope. . . .”

When Christopher Reeve was paralyzed in a riding accident on May 27, 1995, letters poured in from around the world, some addressed only to „Superman, USA.” It was an astonishing demonstration of sympathy and support for a man who had become an American icon. In Care Packages, Dana Reeve, Christopher's wife, has collected some of the most unforgettable letters and gifts that her family received. There are thoughts and prayers from Hollywood's greatest stars, like Katharine Hepburn ("Golly. What a mess. Call me.") and… (tovább)

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Random House, 1999
166 oldal · keménytáblás · ISBN: 9780375500763

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KergeEgér P>!

No balm, pill, or surgery could achieve the effect that thousands of letters from well-wishers could.

Dana Reeve: Care Packages Letters to Christopher Reeve from Strangers and Other Friends

KergeEgér P>!

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is.
(Albert Einstein)

Dana Reeve: Care Packages Letters to Christopher Reeve from Strangers and Other Friends

KergeEgér P>!

God is like a mirror. The mirror never changes, but everybody who looks at it sees something different.
(Rabbi Harold Kushner)

Dana Reeve: Care Packages Letters to Christopher Reeve from Strangers and Other Friends

KergeEgér P>!

Keep your head up, look for the next fence.

Dana Reeve: Care Packages Letters to Christopher Reeve from Strangers and Other Friends

KergeEgér P>!

For the first time I realized that all six billion of us on this tiny blue marble are essentially the same – in fact, it is not so hard to understand and see ourselves in others. We are only strangers if we choose to look away.

Dana Reeve: Care Packages Letters to Christopher Reeve from Strangers and Other Friends

KergeEgér P>!

The price of self-knowledge and calm is hardship and suffering. This produces the kind of freedom that money cannot buy, power cannot touch and fame has nothing to do with.

Dana Reeve: Care Packages Letters to Christopher Reeve from Strangers and Other Friends

KergeEgér P>!

Let faith
Be
The bridge
That leaps
What is severed
In you.

Dana Reeve: Care Packages Letters to Christopher Reeve from Strangers and Other Friends


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