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“So I'm not telling you not to be angry, Beal. That would be telling you not to be a human being. I'm telling you not to act when you're angry. There's a difference" -Lieutenant Colonel Hupfer”
― The Labors of Hercules Beal
― The Labors of Hercules Beal
“In this desert, no one, neither he nor his guest, mattered. And yet outside this desert, neither of them, Daru knew, could have truly lived.”
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“We were the way we were; nothing could make us any different, and we suffered because of it. Things happened to us the way they did because we were ourselves.”
― Nathan Coulter
― Nathan Coulter
“Here's the first rule: Bad things happen that you can't fix.
Here's the second rule: You have to live with the first rule.
Here's the third rule: The first two rules stink.”
― The Labors of Hercules Beal
Here's the second rule: You have to live with the first rule.
Here's the third rule: The first two rules stink.”
― The Labors of Hercules Beal
“We must acknowledge the utter fragility of what holds our lives together—our institutions, our shared labor, our love, our mourning—and yet keep faith with what offers no final guarantee. This is the double movement of secular faith. (377)”
― This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom
― This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom
Karsten’s 2025 Year in Books
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280 books
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245 books
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157 books
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