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Holly is Currently Reading

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Whistler

by Ann Patchett

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Babel

by R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author)

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Holly’s Quotes

“There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

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“It's a selfish habit. I never learn anything from listening to myself.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior

tags: listening

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“What a rich wisdom it would be, and how much more bountiful a harvest, to gain pleasure not from achieving personal perfection but from understanding the inevitability of imperfection and pardoning those who also fall short of it.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Small Wonder

tags: charity, forgiveness, grace, humanity, imperfection, wisdom

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“How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
― A.A. Milne, The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh

tags: friendship, humor, love

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“Questioning our government’s actions does not violate the principles of liberty, equality, and freedom of speech; it exercises them, and by exercise we grow stronger. I have read enough of Thomas Jefferson to feel sure”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Small Wonder

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