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The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #6)

by Matt Dinniman (Goodreads Author)

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Jan 03, 2026 05:41PM

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Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)

by Pierce Brown (Goodreads Author)

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“five love languages: words of affirmation, acts of service, gifts, quality time, and personal touch.”
― David Brooks, The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life

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“You live through that little piece of time that is yours, but that piece of time is not only your own life, it is the summing-up of all the other lives that are simultaneous with yours. . . . What you are is an expression of History. —Robert Penn Warren, World Enough and Time”
― Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

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“As Cynthia Bourgeault summarizes it: “Our only truly essential human task here, Jesus teaches, is to grow beyond the survival instincts of the animal brain and the egoic operating system into the kenotic joy and generosity of full human personhood. His mission was to show us how to do this.” Jesus”
― David Brooks, The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life

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“A parable: The Monk and the Minister Two close boyhood friends grow up and go their separate ways. One becomes a humble monk, the other a rich and powerful minister to the king. Years later they meet. As they catch up, the portly minister (in his fine robes) takes pity on the thin and shabby monk. Seeking to help, he says: “You know, if you could learn to cater to the king, you wouldn’t have to live on rice and beans.” To which the monk replies: “If you could learn to live on rice and beans, you wouldn’t have to cater to the king.” Most all of us fall somewhere between the two. As for me, it is better to be closer to the monk.”
― J.L. Collins, The Simple Path to Wealth: Your Road Map to Financial Independence and a Rich, Free Life

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