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“Even today, I would go halfway round the world to find a book if I thought it essential to my needs, and I have a feeling of absolute veneration for those few authors who have given me something special. For this reason, I can never understand the tepid youth of today who wait for books to be given to them and who neither search nor admire. I would go without eating in order to get a book, and I have never liked borrowing books, because I have always wanted them to be absolutely mine so that I could live with them for hours on end.
As with men, it has always seemed to me that books have their own peculiar destinies. They go towards the people who are waiting for them and reach them at the right moment. They are made of living material and continue to cast light through the darkness long after the death of their authors.”
― C.G. Jung and Hermann Hesse: A Book of Two Friendships
As with men, it has always seemed to me that books have their own peculiar destinies. They go towards the people who are waiting for them and reach them at the right moment. They are made of living material and continue to cast light through the darkness long after the death of their authors.”
― C.G. Jung and Hermann Hesse: A Book of Two Friendships
“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”
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Jack’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jack’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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