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“Slowly we became silent, and silence itself if an enemy to friendship.”
― A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
― A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
“We were together. I forget the rest.”
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“When I was young, a teacher had forbidden me to say "more perfect" because she said if a thing is perfect it can't be more so. But by now I had seen enough of life to have regained my confidence in it.”
― A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
― A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
“As I get considerably beyond the biblical allotment of three score years and ten, I feel with increasing intensity that I can express my gratitude for still being around on the oxygen-side of the earth's crust only by not standing pat on what I have hitherto known and loved. While oxygen lasts, there are still new things to love, especially if compassion is a form of love.”
― Young Men and Fire
― Young Men and Fire
“Each one of us here today will at one time in our lives look upon a loved one who is in need and ask the same question: We are willing to help, Lord, but what, if anything, is needed? For it is true we can seldom help those closest to us. Either we don't know what part of ourselves to give or, more often than not, the part we have to give is not wanted. And so it is those we live with and should know who elude us. But we can still love them - we can love completely without complete understanding.”
― A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
― A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
Luke’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Luke’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
455 books
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62 friends
3,051 books
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240 friends
1,057 books
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33 friends
1,362 books
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87 friends
1,571 books
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469 friends
771 books
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110 friends
444 books
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126 friends
790 books
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507 friends
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