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“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
“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
“As soon as you remove the sense of finitude and vulnerability, you remove the vitality of any possible love relationship. (43)”
― This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom
― This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom
“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 are here to help you carry the sky when you have to, and we are here to help you put it down when you need to. Why else would anyone ever become a teacher?”
― The Labors of Hercules Beal
― The Labors of Hercules Beal
Karsten’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Karsten’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
488 books
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22 friends
280 books
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245 books
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745 books
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121 friends
157 books
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8 friends
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