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If they’ve figured out ways to control our emotions, I tell myself it’s better to stay petrified and alert than accept any more of their drinks.
“I was with book, as a woman is with child.”
― Till We Have Faces
― Till We Have Faces
“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
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
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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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“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.”
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Ciara’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ciara’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
651 books
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119 friends
1,038 books
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54 friends
1,332 books
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148 friends
224 books
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176 friends
665 books
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25 friends
1,515 books
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42 friends
2,714 books
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680 friends
878 books
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94 friends
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