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“The first definition of love is to be there. This is a practice. How can you love if you are not there? In order to love you have to be there, body and mind united. A true lover knows that the practice of mindfulness is the foundation of true love.”
― No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering
― No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering
“It would be truly wonderful if we could live as alcoholics do, to be unwarlike for just another day. We don’t.”
― Vonnegut by the Dozen: Twelve Pieces by Kurt Vonnegut
― Vonnegut by the Dozen: Twelve Pieces by Kurt Vonnegut
“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“Volubility came easily to Max Ophuls, but it was just one of his many techniques of concealment, and he was never more hidden than when he seemed most open. For”
― Shalimar the Clown
― Shalimar the Clown
“Apology number two: I am sorry for the damage that storytellers have done to the minds of the young. This is not my surrender to the Moral Majority, which burns my books. I will continue in my writing to hint where babies really come from, and that God shouldn’t be put in charge of everything until we get to know Him a little better, and that our exalted leaders are just like a lot of nitwits I went to high school with, and that American soldiers have been known to curse when wounded, and so on. I don’t apologize for any of that.”
― Vonnegut by the Dozen: Twelve Pieces by Kurt Vonnegut
― Vonnegut by the Dozen: Twelve Pieces by Kurt Vonnegut
Nancy’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Nancy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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1,094 books
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78 friends
1 book
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