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Ashton
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“A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.”
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“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
“We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.”
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“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
― The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses
― The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses
Ashton’s 2025 Year in Books
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