15 Quotes & Sayings By Shannon Huffman Polson

Shannon Polson is an author and editor of several books, including "Tiny House Living: The Ultimate Guide to Creating the Perfect Small Space." Her latest book, "The Tiny House Project: How to Build a Tiny House on a Budget," was released in April 2012. She has also written "Tiny House Living: Your Guide to Creating the Perfect Small Space and the Ultimate Backyard Retreat," and "The Tiny Life: A Tiny House Primer: What You Need to Know to Build a Tiny Home." Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including The Huffington Post, Apartment Therapy, Apartment Therapy DIY, Spaces Magazine and Everyday with Rachael Ray. She is currently on staff at New Hampshire Magazine and has been published in such magazines as Apartment Therapy, Apartment Therapy DIY, Spaces Magazine and Everyday with Rachael Ray. Shannon has worked on many DIY projects for her house and garden including a deck, detached garage and workshop/shed/storage room. She lives in New Hampshire with her family and two dogs. 

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Pain too much to handle also comes with exquisite beauty, as common as dirt, as unexpected as grace. Shannon Huffman Polson
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Horror shares an edge with hilarity. Shannon Huffman Polson
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There was healing in the tyranny, and tyranny in the healing. Shannon Huffman Polson
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I wondered what those mountains behind them might tell me, what advice they would give, if they could talk. What they would tell me about love, and about loss, and about how this wild place could heal as naturally as it could kill. Shannon Huffman Polson
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There is no greater intimacy than sitting with someone traversing that tenuous boundary between worlds, sitting vigil with a spirit trembling on the border, reaching toward the new and releasing the old. Shannon Huffman Polson
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In this waiting, there is witness. Shannon Huffman Polson
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The line between the living and the dead may not be much of a line at all, but the terrain is not for the weak of heart. Shannon Huffman Polson
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Humor shares an edge with hilarity. Shannon Huffman Polson
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Honoring a life is honoring the wide open space of wilderness and unknowing where the sacred dwells. Shannon Huffman Polson
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Resurrection does not come without crucifixion, and you cannot celebrate Easter without living Good Friday. Shannon Huffman Polson
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Are we meant to be pilgrims of the depths? Shannon Huffman Polson
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What is known might sometimes sustain us, but what is unknown will save us. Shannon Huffman Polson
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Grief would weave itself among the threads of love and life and hope, and I was starting to believe that what came of it all would still one day be beautiful. Shannon Huffman Polson
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Tracks were adumbrations of the energy of life all about us, the recent history book of wilderness. Shannon Huffman Polson