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Alex
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“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
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“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
― The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses
― The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses
“So many books, so little time.”
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“When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.”
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“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
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Alex’s 2025 Year in Books
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