“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.”
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“...he said almost nothing, and ground his teeth against his desire to tell them the truth: God is helpless. We are at the mercy of our own radical freedom, and all God can do is take into God's self the grief, the violence, the sublime acts of kindness, the good sex. God comes to us from the future, and has only one godlike gift: the lure. We are lured toward truth, beauty, and goodness...the lure is pulling at our hearts like some lucid joy inside every actual occasion and all we have to do is...Say yes.”
― The Solace of Leaving Early
― The Solace of Leaving Early
“But I think that what you'll discover more and more as you get older is that most people aren't thinking about you at all.”
― A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small In Mooreland, Indiana
― A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small In Mooreland, Indiana
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Maryellen’s 2025 Year in Books
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