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“There is freedom waiting for you,
On the breezes of the sky,
And you ask "What if I fall?"
Oh but my darling,
What if you fly?”
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On the breezes of the sky,
And you ask "What if I fall?"
Oh but my darling,
What if you fly?”
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“The connection you are creating here is like a flower. It requires soil and sun, things that, thanks to God, are given freely. But it is you, all of us, who has to water the flower to make it grow. Without water, all relations remain small. They can’t open, and eventually they die.”
― From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home
― From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home
“And there’s grace in being willing to know and hear others. This, for me, is how we become.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
“You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.”
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“Everything in any way beautiful has its beauty of itself, inherent and self-sufficient: praise is no part of it. At any rate, praise does not make anything better or worse. This applies even to the popular conception of beauty, as in material things or works of art. So does the truly beautiful need anything beyond itself? No more than law, no more than truth, no more than kindness or integrity. Which of these things derives its beauty from praise, or withers under criticism? Does an emerald lose its quality if it is not praised? And what of gold, ivory, purple, a lyre, a dagger, a flower, a bush?”
― Meditations
― Meditations
Vanessa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Vanessa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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262 friends
370 books
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75 friends
731 books
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16 friends
688 books
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73 friends
77 books
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20 friends
296 books
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111 friends
193 books
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17 friends
94 books
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7 friends
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