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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
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“Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.”
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“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
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“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
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Monica’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Monica’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Business, Classics, Crime, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Suspense, Thriller, and Travel
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