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Theo of Golden

by Allen Levi (Goodreads Author)

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""Living with sadness, accepting it, is easier than trying to pretend it isn't there."" — Feb 25, 2026 02:23PM

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White Sand Omnibus

by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)

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Our Only World: Ten Essays

by Wendell Berry

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""One person can begin. 'And can begin better with the help of others.' "" — Jan 31, 2026 09:00AM

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Derek’s Quotes

“If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.”
― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

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“The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.”
― Susanna Clarke, Piranesi

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“Maybe that’s just the nature of us, ever wishing for things that were and could be rather than things that are and will be. It takes more to hope than to remember.”
― Pierce Brown, Morning Star

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“Courage is found in unlikely places.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

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“The human spirit will not even begin to try to surrender self-will as long as all seems to be well with it. Now error and sin both have this property, that the deeper they are the less their victim suspects their existence; they are masked evil. Pain is unmasked, unmistakable evil; every man knows that something is wrong when he is being hurt.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

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