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“Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.”
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“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.”
― Love Until It Hurts: The Work of Mother Teresa and Her Missionaries of Charity
― Love Until It Hurts: The Work of Mother Teresa and Her Missionaries of Charity
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
“Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.”
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“We need, in love, to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily; we do not need to learn it.”
― Translations from the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
― Translations from the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
Rory’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Rory’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
177 books
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309 friends
739 books
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132 friends
2,324 books
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165 friends
1,481 books
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153 friends
643 books
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17 friends
511 books
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121 friends
705 books
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897 friends
948 books
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47 friends
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