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“Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget
falls drop by drop upon the heart
until, in our own despair, against our will,
comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.”
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falls drop by drop upon the heart
until, in our own despair, against our will,
comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.”
―
“The only love Red knew was that simple, uncomplicated, lonely love one feels for oneself in the quiet moments of the day. It was there, steady and solid in the laughter and talk of the television and with her in the grocery aisles on the weekends. It was there every night, in the dark, spectacular and sprawling in the quiet. And it all belonged to her.”
― How to Pronounce Knife: Stories
― How to Pronounce Knife: Stories
“Black people love their children with a kind of obsession. You are all we have, and you come to us endangered.”
― Between the World and Me
― Between the World and Me
“But as I get older, I see examples of prayer all around me that look more like chores. They are varied and endless and they are ordinary: cooking a meal, setting a table, planting trees, taking someone’s temperature, turning compost, feeding animals, packing a child’s lunch, weeding garden beds, mowing the lawn, raising children. All these, when practiced mindfully, can clear the head, open the heart, reconnect us to something hopeful, and create space in the day to praise the living world.”
― What We Wish Were True: Reflections on Nurturing Life and Facing Death
― What We Wish Were True: Reflections on Nurturing Life and Facing Death
Darcy’s 2025 Year in Books
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