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"This genre is my jam. Jennifer Wallace really understands something essential that I've been yearning to hear." Feb 12, 2026 09:40PM

 
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"I love the calm, historic feeling of this. People: Painters, authors, pastors. Places: the church, the home, the school. It's brick and ideas, steeple and canvas." Feb 09, 2026 07:50AM

 
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The plot has me in utter disbelief. How can this happen? How could any of this happen?
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"Noticed humor, romance and vile judgement this time around. I remember it feeling atmospheric, bittersweet and poignant. Age brings out other notes." Jan 31, 2026 12:23PM

 
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Cormac McCarthy
“Don't be ignorant your whole life.”
Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men

Jennifer Breheny Wallace
“When we talk about pressure, perfectionism, anxiety, depression, and loneliness in kids, what we are really talking about is an unmet need to feel valued unconditionally, away from the trophies, the acceptance letters, the likes, and the accolades. When we say that “pressure” is detrimental to children’s (and parents’) well-being, what we mean by “pressure” is a set of circumstances that cause our children to wrongfully perceive their value as contingent on achievement. When an adolescent believes they must sustain a certain level of success in order to earn their parents’ love and affection, they feel inadequate, and this interferes with a healthy, stable identity.”
Jennifer Breheny Wallace, Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It

Annie Dillard
“The physicality of storytelling must remain strong.”
Annie Dillard, The Abundance

Honoré de Balzac
“I, and I only, am to blame for all their sins; I spoiled them. To-day they are as eager for pleasure as they used to be for sugar-plums. When they were little girls I indulged them in every whim. They had a carriage of their own when they were fifteen. They have never been crossed. I am guilty, and not they—but I sinned through love.”
Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot

Annie Dillard
“I never saw a tree that was no tree in particular.”
Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

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