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To allow ourselves to be truly in touch with where we already are, no matter where that is, we have got to pause in our experience long enough to let the present moment sink in; long enough to actually feel the present moment, to see it in
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“A cat a day keeps the doctor away. Cats are more effective than any other medicine out there.”
― We'll Prescribe You a Cat
― We'll Prescribe You a Cat
“It is shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult. Muad’Dib knew that every experience carries its lesson.”
― Dune
― Dune
“But such criticism and mockery are largely beside the point. All religious belief is a function of nonrational faith. And faith, by its very definition, tends to be impervious to intellectual argument or academic criticism.”
― Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
― Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
“The reality is that everyone is responsible for their own life. We’re dealt certain cards at birth, and we play our hand; some of us lose, but others may play skillfully from the same bad hand and triumph.”
― Violeta
― Violeta
“We had survived the prison, the plain and the loss of hope, but the women had discovered that survival is no more than putting off the moment of death. They continued to eat, drink and sleep, while in the shadows, surrender, silent capitulation and death lurked.”
― I Who Have Never Known Men
― I Who Have Never Known Men
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Serafima’s 2025 Year in Books
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