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“I would like to achieve a state of inner spiritual grace from which I could function and give as I was meant to in the eye of God.”
― Gift from the Sea
― Gift from the Sea
“Parting is inevitably painful, even for a short time. It's like an amputation, I feel a limb is being torn off, without which I shall be unable to function. And yet, once it is done... life rushes back into the void, richer, more vivid and fuller than before. ”
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“The web of marriage is made by propinquity, in the day to day living side by side, looking outward in the same direction. It is woven in space and in time of the substance of life itself.”
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“The most exhausting thing in life, I have discovered, is being insincere. That is why so much of social life is exhausting; one is wearing a mask. I have shed my mask.”
― Gift from the Sea
― Gift from the Sea
“I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness, and the willingness to remain vulnerable.”
― Gift from the Sea
― Gift from the Sea
Des Moines WA Book Club
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Katie’s 2025 Year in Books
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