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I am sorry Jane Austen. I just hate this book. Her other books are so much better. These characters had no heart or soul to them. They were just dramatic when they didn't need to be. Long pointless gossipy rants. Not my thing.
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"This book is unbearably slow and full of nonsense conversations and speculations that don't end up mattering at all. Yes, Mrs. Bates is annoying. We get it. Just say she "rattled on about nothing, not letting anybody else speak for the duration of an hour." instead of making us sit through the ordeal with Emma. 😅 From what I remember of the movies and series, this story really only picks up at the very end." — Oct 10, 2019 07:47PM
"This book is unbearably slow and full of nonsense conversations and speculations that don't end up mattering at all. Yes, Mrs. Bates is annoying. We get it. Just say she "rattled on about nothing, not letting anybody else speak for the duration of an hour." instead of making us sit through the ordeal with Emma. 😅 From what I remember of the movies and series, this story really only picks up at the very end." — Oct 10, 2019 07:47PM
“Nonsense remains nonsense even when we talk it about God.”
― The Problem of Pain
― The Problem of Pain
“suffering is not good in itself. What is good in any painful experience is, for the sufferer, his submission to the will of God, and, for the spectators, the compassion aroused and the acts of mercy to which it leads.”
― The Problem of Pain
― The Problem of Pain
“You would like to know how I behave when I am experiencing pain, not writing books about it. You need not guess, for I will tell you; I am a great coward... If I knew any way of escape I would crawl through sewers to find it. But what is the good of telling you about my feelings? You know them already; they are the same as yours. I am not arguing that pain is not painful. Pain hurts. That is what the word means. I am only trying to show that the old Christian doctrine of being made 'perfect through suffering' is not incredible. To prove it palatable is beyond my design.”
― The Problem of Pain
― The Problem of Pain
“We have the ability to love each other, no matter our differences. To help each other, no matter our weaknesses.”
― Cinder
― Cinder
“Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn to God when everything is going well for us. We 'have all we want' is a terrible saying when 'all' does not include God. We find God an interruption.”
― The Problem of Pain
― The Problem of Pain
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