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want to know what it was like to be you.” She smiles wide. “For a time,” she says, “it was pure magic.”
“I’d empty an entire flower shop just so she could decide on her favorite.”
― Spiral
― Spiral
“Yet every year I get older, I’m always stuck in the same place. It feels like I’m always running but never getting anywhere.”
― Spiral
― Spiral
“Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“Longings are complicated feelings. They are desires with an intensity and drive behind them. They consume our thoughts, make us frustrated with others, and even make us question God.”
― 40 Days Through the Bible: The Answers to Your Deepest Longings
― 40 Days Through the Bible: The Answers to Your Deepest Longings
“Our longings produce an ache within us, and the enemy loves to use this to tempt us to turn away from God and ultimately turn inward to satisfy our longings. Turning inward tempts us to look to things like food, relationships, money, and success for our satisfaction. But, these things, void of God, will leave us restless. James wrote, “But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death” (James 1:14–15 ESV).”
― 40 Days Through the Bible: The Answers to Your Deepest Longings
― 40 Days Through the Bible: The Answers to Your Deepest Longings
Stephanie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Stephanie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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71 friends
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73 books
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229 books
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98 books
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151 books
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