Laura Haske

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Laura is Currently Reading

Laura Haske is currently reading

Demon Copperhead

by Barbara Kingsolver

bookshelves: fiction, currently-reading

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Jun 23, 2026 05:46AM

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The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom

by Corrie ten Boom

bookshelves: biographies, currently-reading

Reading for the 2nd time

read in April 2014

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Laura Haske said: " This has been on my reading list since I was a little girl and my mom told me about it. I can't believe I waited so long to read it. LIFE CHANGING. This made me cry, gave my heart wings, stirred my spirit, challenged my thinking. I would give it extr ...more "

Apr 16, 2014 05:55PM · see review

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Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time

by Jeff Speck

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Apr 10, 2026 07:19AM

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Laura’s Quotes

“All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth Is Change.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower

296 likes

“All gods who receive homage are cruel. All gods dispense suffering without reason. Otherwise they would not be worshipped. Through indiscriminate suffering men know fear and fear is the most divine emotion. It is the stones for altars and the beginning of wisdom. Half gods are worshipped in wine and flowers. Real gods require blood.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

tags: blood, cruelty, fear, gods, religion, suffering

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“They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

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“The world is full of painful stories. Sometimes it seems as though there aren't any other kind and yet I found myself thinking how beautiful that glint of water was through the trees.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower

tags: inspirational, optimism, perseverance

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“Minimalism is just the beginning. It’s a tool. Once you’ve gone ahead and minimized, it’s time to find out what those important things are. Minimalism”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

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