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“The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us?”
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“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
― Beloved
― Beloved
“I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.”
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“Honey, Maggie Jones said. Victoria. Listen to me. You're here now. This is where you are.”
― Plainsong
― Plainsong
“TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.
What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.
And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”
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What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.
And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”
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Pat’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Pat’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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