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“Keen interest from a caring person is important, but their understanding depends on our willingness to disclose information about ourselves. Humans need understanding but we can’t hope to be understood without being prepared to reveal the truth about ourselves. Lack of sharing is the death knell of intimacy.”
― The Reconnected Heart: How relationships can help us heal
― The Reconnected Heart: How relationships can help us heal
“There you have it, Montag. It didn’t come from the Government down. There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship, to start with, no! Technology, mass exploitation, and minority pressure carried the trick (p. 58).”
― Fahrenheit 451
― Fahrenheit 451
“I won’t go to their gas chambers! And my children won’t go to their gas chambers. Bibi! Lonia! Richieu! Come here quickly!”
― The Complete Maus
― The Complete Maus
“The point in saying that Jesus is lowly is that he is accessible. For all his resplendent glory and dazzling holiness, his supreme uniqueness and otherness, no one in human history has ever been more approachable than Jesus Christ. No prerequisites. No hoops to jump through.”
― Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers
― Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers
“The overall picture in our society is one of growing disengagement from one another. If you add to the picture that, on average, smartphone users pick up their phones 39 times per day, and use their smartphones for, on average, just under three hours a day53, we are looking like very isolated people indeed. Unlike our grandparents, we are less involved in the community, more engrossed in technology, and as a result we are more and more prone to loneliness.”
― The Reconnected Heart: How relationships can help us heal
― The Reconnected Heart: How relationships can help us heal
Ros’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ros’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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258 books
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319 books
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28 friends
1,579 books
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47 friends
331 books
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17 friends
374 books
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823 books
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38 friends
1,496 books
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