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What Strange Paradise

by Omar El Akkad (Goodreads Author)

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Shirley said: " Excellent read -- highly recommended~! "

Dec 05, 2023 06:52AM · see review

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“I do not understand the mystery of grace -- only that it meets us where we are and does not leave us where it found us.”
― Anne Lamott

tags: inspirational-grace

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“War is war,” she had told Natalia once. “It transforms human beings in unimaginable ways. But they are still human beings.”
― Roxanne Veletzos, The Girl They Left Behind

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“Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.”
― Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

tags: forgiveness, grudges, revenge, spite

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“What is a life if without you, The only thing that gave it meaning? How to endure another day, Without your sweet breath upon my cheek, your eyes near? And in the end, when I am laid to rest, Without your hand upon my breast, What will my last thoughts be if not of you, My darling girl of long ago?”
― Roxanne Veletzos, The Girl They Left Behind

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“You will lose someone you can’t live without,and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly—that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp.”
― Anne Lamott

tags: grief, loss, recovery

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