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“The point is to be compassionately, not cruelly, honest. Tell the person what you have heard that worries you. Allow him to respond. You may be surprised at how much sense his answers make.”
― The Cult around the Corner: A Handbook on Dealing with Other People's Religions
― The Cult around the Corner: A Handbook on Dealing with Other People's Religions
“Bodies’, she said. ‘Lots of them’. She glanced over her shoulder to where Sally was hidden, then back to Nathan, and whispered. ‘Small ones’.”
― When the children come
― When the children come
“On the Acropolis, he’d thought she’d seen too much sun for a woman but in the courtyard, under the moon, her face, neck, and arms were as pale as the moon goddess. Allowing himself to imagine it was the moon goddess leading him upward was a way of climbing to the second story.”
― Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
― Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
“People want you to want what they want. If you want the same things they want, then their want is validated. If you don’t want the same things, your lack of wanting can, to certain people, come across as judgment.”
― These Precious Days: Essays
― These Precious Days: Essays
“Non avevo mai considerato Marley come un modello da seguire, ma seduto lì a bere la mia birra, pensavo che forse custodiva il segreto di una buona vita. Mai rallentare, mai guardare indietro, vivere ogni giorno con brio giovanile, coraggio, curiosità e giocosità. Se pensi di essere ancora giovane, magari lo sei, indipendentemente da quel che dice il calendario. Non una cattiva filosofia di vita, anche se preferisco sorvolare sulla parte che implicava devastazione di divani e lavanderie.”
― Io & Marley
― Io & Marley
Conchita’s 2024 Year in Books
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Children's and Psychology
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