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“Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.”
― The Essays
― The Essays
“I have taken you in my arms, and I love you, and I prefer you to my life itself. For the present life is nothing, and my most ardent dream is to spend it with you in such a way that we may be assured of not being separated in the life reserved for us. I place your love above all things, and nothing would be more bitter or painful to me than to be of a different mind than you.”
― St. John Chrysostom's Homilies On Marriage and Family Life
― St. John Chrysostom's Homilies On Marriage and Family Life
“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“Why is the truth, it would seem, revealed to some and not to others? Is there a special organ for receiving revelation from God? Yes, though usually we close it and do not let it open up: God’s revelation is given to something called a loving heart.”
― God's Revelation to the Human Heart
― God's Revelation to the Human Heart
“Through the years I’ve called you in and out of my orbit
You, in your madness
the satellite that’s constellating my World
mimicking the inner chaos that i’ve disowned
a mirror to my past life retribution
a reflection of my sadness
If i’m going to keep on living the way that i’m living
i can’t do it without you.
My feet aren’t on the ground
i need your body to stand on
your name to define me
on top of being a woman
i am scared
and
ethereal
and
there are seven worlds in my eyes
i’m accessing all of them at once”
― Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
You, in your madness
the satellite that’s constellating my World
mimicking the inner chaos that i’ve disowned
a mirror to my past life retribution
a reflection of my sadness
If i’m going to keep on living the way that i’m living
i can’t do it without you.
My feet aren’t on the ground
i need your body to stand on
your name to define me
on top of being a woman
i am scared
and
ethereal
and
there are seven worlds in my eyes
i’m accessing all of them at once”
― Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
Kiara’s 2025 Year in Books
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