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“From quiet homes and first beginning,
Out to the undiscovered ends,
There's nothing worth the wear of winning,
But laughter and the love of friends.”
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Out to the undiscovered ends,
There's nothing worth the wear of winning,
But laughter and the love of friends.”
―
“The Church is a perpetually defeated thing that always outlives her conquerers.”
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“For no one, in our long decline,
So dusty, spiteful and divided,
Had quite such pleasant friends as mine,
Or loved them half as much as I did.”
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So dusty, spiteful and divided,
Had quite such pleasant friends as mine,
Or loved them half as much as I did.”
―
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Rachel’s 2025 Year in Books
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