
“to see just how many times a life can bloom for you, and how you're still human the whole way ... I always say I am in the spring of my life. Bethann Hardison tells me the secret: there are, in fact, a great many springtimes.”
―
―

“you wouldn't believe what once or twice i have seen. i'll just tell you this: only if there are angels in your head will you ever, possibly, see one.”
―
―

“I wished nothing more than to say my prayers, yet these words troubled me and I plagued her with questions. What is the soul? What color is it? I suspected my soul, being mischievous, might slip away while I was dreaming and fail to return.”
― Just Kids
― Just Kids

“God is Change, and in the end, God prevails. But there's hope in understanding the nature of God- not punishing or jealous, but infinitely malleable. There's comfort in realizing that everyone and everything yields to God. There's power in knowing that God can be focused, diverted, shaped by anyone at all. But there's no power in having strength and brains, and yet waiting for God to fix things for you.”
―
―

“You shall not go down twice to the same river, nor can you go home again ... from that acceptance of transience he evolved his vast theory, what is most changeable is shown to be fullest of eternity, and your relationship to the river, and the river's relationship to you and itself, turns out to be at once more complex and more reassuring than a mere lack of identity. You can go home again, so long as you understand that home is a place where you have never been.”
―
―
Margo’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Margo’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Biography, Business, Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Mystery, Poetry, Psychology, Self help, Sports, Travel, Young-adult, and Nonfiction
Polls voted on by Margo
Lists liked by Margo