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But like so many things, faith is best held with an open hand, nurtured by both boundaries and improvisation, tradition and innovation.
“So fine was the morning except for a streak of wind here and there that the sea and sky looked all one fabric, as if sails were stuck high up in the sky, or the clouds had dropped down into the sea.”
― To the Lighthouse
― To the Lighthouse
“Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“God provides minimum protection, maximum support--support to help us grow up, to stretch our minds and hearts until they are as wide as God's universe.”
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“I like to get ten pages a day, which amounts to 2,000 words. That’s 180,000 words over a three-month span, a goodish length for a book — something in which the reader can get happily lost, if the tale is done well and stays fresh.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“It is bad religion to deify doctrines and creeds.... Doctrines, let's not forget, supported slavery and apartheid.... Moreover, doctrines can divide while compassion can only unite.”
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Mandy’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mandy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
456 books
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10 friends
942 books
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133 friends
2,440 books
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62 friends
769 books
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184 friends
344 books
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215 friends
1 book
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155 friends
671 books
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92 friends
1,820 books
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208 friends
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