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“If grace is so wonderful, why do we have such difficulty recognizing and accepting it? Maybe it's because grace is not gentle or made-to-order. It often comes disguised as loss, or failure, or unwelcome change.”
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“To be an American is to move on, as if we could outrun change. To attach oneself to place is to surrender to it, and suffer with it.”
― Dakota: A Spiritual Geography
― Dakota: A Spiritual Geography
“Armaments, universal debt, and planned obsolescence—those are the three pillars of Western prosperity. If war, waste, and moneylenders were abolished, you'd collapse. And while you people are overconsuming the rest of the world sinks more and more deeply into chronic disaster.”
― Island
― Island
“Americans... are forever searching for love in forms it never takes, in places it can never be. It must have something to do with the vanished frontier.”
― Cat’s Cradle
― Cat’s Cradle
“Remember then: there is only one time that is important-- Now! It is the most important time because it is the only time when we have any power. The most necessary man is he with whom you are, for no man knows whether he will ever have dealings with any one else: and the most important affair is, to do him good, because for that purpose alone was man sent into this life!”
― What Men Live by and Other Tales
― What Men Live by and Other Tales
Mike’s 2025 Year in Books
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203 books
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353 books
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76 books
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240 books
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237 books
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