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“I always wondered why God was supposed to be a father," she whispers. Fathers always want you to measure up to something. Mothers are the ones who love you unconditionally, don't you think?”
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“The only thing that separates any one of us from excellence is fear and the opposite of fear is faith. I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for, perfection is God’s business.”
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“My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.”
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“My notion of spirituality was different than it is now, but even if I'd been the most fundamentalist of believers, I would have assumed that God had better things to do than arbitrarily smite me with shaking palsy.”
― Lucky Man
― Lucky Man
“Going public was a difficult decision, and I had misgivings. My subjective experience was now an objective fact in the wider world. It didn't belong to just me anymore - though I quickly learned that it hadn't belonged to just me in the first place. More than a million Americans and their families were going through the same thing; some openly, some in secret due to concerns of being misunderstood and marginalized.”
― Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist
― Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist
Denise’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Denise’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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8 friends
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