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“Words are events, they do things, change things. They transform both speaker and hearer; they feed energy back and forth and amplify it. They feed understanding or emotion back and forth and amplify it.”
― The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader and the Imagination
― The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader and the Imagination
“So here’s something I know to be true, although it’s a little corny, and I don’t quite know what to do with it: What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness. Those moments when another human being was there, in front of me, suffering and I responded … sensibly. Reservedly. Mildly.”
― Congratulations, by the way
― Congratulations, by the way
“Show me the incentive and I'll show you the outcome.”
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“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
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“Don’t treat yourself so gingerly; you can let go of stuff. Sometimes it takes three breaths instead of two to do it, but you can do it. Be a little tougher and don’t cling to stuff. People go around carrying everybody’s stuff all of the time. I just pick it up and put it down. Pick it up and put it down. That doesn’t mean I’m not compassionate, it doesn’t mean I don’t love people. But holding onto people’s suffering is not compassionate… for them or for you.”
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Christa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Christa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
998 books
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55 friends
405 books
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19 friends
325 books
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108 friends
441 books
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29 friends
1,104 books
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76 friends
666 books
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20 friends
64 books
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225 friends
28 books
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197 friends
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