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I know I did not grasp all the intricacies of this story on my first time through. However, it was enjoyable to read, had me wondering what would come next, and flowed seamlessly from chapter to chapter. There were several passages so exquisitely wri
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"3rd annual tradition of finishing the year with Till We Have Faces." — Dec 01, 2025 03:12PM
"3rd annual tradition of finishing the year with Till We Have Faces." — Dec 01, 2025 03:12PM
He was too saintly for the sinners and too sinful for the saints. He was always active in the church, which made it difficult to fit in with the non-Christian crowd. But Rich was always searching and questioning, and he liked to bash
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“For the first time I examined myself with a seriously practical purpose. And there I found what appalled me; a zoo of lusts, a bedlam of ambitions, a nursery of fears, a harem of fondled hatreds. My name was legion.”
― Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
― Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
“If someone else was wearing your attitude, would you be impressed?”
― Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World
― Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World
“Only a good novel can make me enjoy the final page.”
― Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World
― Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World
“Do not resent your place in the story. Do not imagine yourself elsewhere. Do not close your eyes and picture a world without thorns, without shadows, without hawks. Change this world. Use your body like a tool meant to be used up, discarded, and replaced. Better every life you touch. We will reach the final chapter. When we have eyes that can stare into the sun, eyes that only squint for the Shenikah, then we will see laughing children pulling cobras by their tails, and hawks and rabbits playing tag.”
― Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World
― Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World
“It is easy to be numb to the world’s marvels when you’ve missed lunch and the light is still red.”
― Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World
― Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World
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