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“The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself”
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“All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without the benefit of experience.”
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“Destiny is what you are supposed to do in life. Fate is what kicks you in the ass to make you do it.”
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“It's good to be just plain happy, it's a little better to know that you're happy; but to understand that you're happy and to know why and how and still be happy, be happy in the being and the knowing, well that is beyond happiness, that is bliss.”
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“No one asks you to throw Mozart out of the window. Keep Mozart. Cherish him. Keep Moses too, and Buddha and Lao Tzu and Christ. Keep them in your heart. But make room for the others, the coming ones, the ones who are already scratching on the window-panes.”
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Wijnand’s 2025 Year in Books
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