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“There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.”
― Given
― Given
“You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.”
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“Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.”
― Farming: A Hand Book
― Farming: A Hand Book
“I dislike the thought that some animal has been made miserable to feed me. If I am going to eat meat, I want it to be from an animal that has lived a pleasant, uncrowded life outdoors, on bountiful pasture, with good water nearby and trees for shade.”
― What Are People For?
― What Are People For?
“The Peace of Wild Things
When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.”
― The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry
When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.”
― The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry
J’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at J’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Art, Biography, Christian, Classics, Cookbooks, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Mystery, Philosophy, Poetry, Spirituality, and Travel
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