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Debra Lowman
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“What else is a library, but a temple of truth? What other function do books have, the great ones, but to change the reader? Books to comfort. But most of all, books to disturb you forward.”
― Harry's Trees
― Harry's Trees
“We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.
Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.”
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Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.”
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“Fear. The nature of evil is fear."..
"Everyone feels fear, though. Not everyone-...It doesn't seem to matter whether a person has money or an education or social status or anything. The world just seems to break some people...so fear..plus fragility.”
― How Not To Fall
"Everyone feels fear, though. Not everyone-...It doesn't seem to matter whether a person has money or an education or social status or anything. The world just seems to break some people...so fear..plus fragility.”
― How Not To Fall
“Culture is as much about what we encourage as what we permit.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
“The Grum’s Ledger is a tale of regret. In real life, there was no happy ending. Alexander Grum died alone because he was afraid to seize love and risk all the unknowns that go with it. He chose certainty—and it was his ruin. “The only guarantee I could offer him—against all the unknowns, all the obstacles—was that we would face life together.”
― Harry's Trees
― Harry's Trees
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Debra’s 2025 Year in Books
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Favorite Genres
Adult Fiction, African American, Biography, Book Club, Chick-lit, Children's, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Science, Spirituality, Sports, Young-adult, and War
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