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“That is the reason why passion is worth something, not for what it gives us but for what it demands that we risk. Our dignity. The puzzlement of others and their condescending, shaking heads.”
― Britt-Marie Was Here
― Britt-Marie Was Here
“I’m used to it now, the waiting. An incomplete, unhurried emergence of understanding, sitting with questions that are sometimes never answered.”
― Stone Yard Devotional
― Stone Yard Devotional
“Throughout the hour of this emergency I had been absolutely calm. But the primitive body knows fear, and responds.”
― Stone Yard Devotional
― Stone Yard Devotional
“Action is the antidote to despair.’ Joan Baez.”
― Stone Yard Devotional
― Stone Yard Devotional
“We have to try to cure our faults by attention and not by will…Attention, taken to its highest degree, is the same thing as prayer. It presupposes faith and love. Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer. If we turn our mind towards the good, it is impossible that little by little the whole soul will not be attracted thereto in spite of itself.’ Simone Weil.”
― Stone Yard Devotional
― Stone Yard Devotional
The Rankin-phile
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The Edgar Awards Panel
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Join us on Monday, April 23, for a discussion with some of the finest mystery and crime writers on the scene today. This group is in celebration of th ...more
Mystery Lovers!
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Rain-on-the-windowpanes, chains-in-the-attic, figures struggling on the moor...this group is for fans of mystery! Find a book series, chat over s ...more
Kindle British Mystery Book Club
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— last activity Jul 23, 2026 10:07AM
This is a book club for people who love British Mysteries both modern and classic. You do not have to own a Kindle. We have a monthly reads and these ...more
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