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“Faith, in the sense in which I am here using the word, is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods.”
― Mere Christianity
― Mere Christianity
“Knowledge can last, principles can last, habits can last; but feelings come and go... But, of course, ceasing to be "in love" need not mean ceasing to love. Love in this second sense — love as distinct from "being in love" — is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit; reinforced by (in Christian marriage) the grace which both partners ask, and receive, from God... "Being in love" first moved them to promise fidelity: this quieter love enables them to keep the promise. It is on this love that the engine of marriage is run: being in love was the explosion that started it.”
― Mere Christianity
― Mere Christianity
“Half our fears arise from neglect of the Bible.”
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“Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.”
― The Gospel of Luke - Enlarged Print Edition
― The Gospel of Luke - Enlarged Print Edition
“In friendship...we think we have chosen our peers. In reality a few years' difference in the dates of our births, a few more miles between certain houses, the choice of one university instead of another...the accident of a topic being raised or not raised at a first meeting--any of these chances might have kept us apart. But, for a Christian, there are, strictly speaking no chances. A secret master of ceremonies has been at work. Christ, who said to the disciples, "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you," can truly say to every group of Christian friends, "Ye have not chosen one another but I have chosen you for one another." The friendship is not a reward for our discriminating and good taste in finding one another out. It is the instrument by which God reveals to each of us the beauties of others.”
― The Four Loves
― The Four Loves
Blair’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Blair’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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3,471 books
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336 books
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1,713 books
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1,048 books
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593 books
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164 books
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54 friends
761 books
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55 friends
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