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“Winter is nature pausing sufficiently to appreciate the growth of the previous seasons so that it will diminish neither the growth nor the appreciation of the seasons to follow.”
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“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”
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“The wind, one brilliant day, called
to my soul with an odor of jasmine.
"In return for the odor of my jasmine,
I'd like all the odor of your roses."
"I have no roses; all the flowers
in my garden are dead."
"Well then, I'll take the withered petals
and the yellow leaves and the waters of the fountain."
the wind left. And I wept. And I said to myself:
"What have you done with the garden that was entrusted to you?”
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to my soul with an odor of jasmine.
"In return for the odor of my jasmine,
I'd like all the odor of your roses."
"I have no roses; all the flowers
in my garden are dead."
"Well then, I'll take the withered petals
and the yellow leaves and the waters of the fountain."
the wind left. And I wept. And I said to myself:
"What have you done with the garden that was entrusted to you?”
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“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
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“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.”
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Carolynn’s 2025 Year in Books
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