Stormy

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Stormy’s Quotes

“Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid.”
― Frederick Buechner, Beyond Words: Daily Readings in the ABC's of Faith

tags: beauty, courage, fear

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“Any human face is a claim on you, because you can't help but understand the singularity of it, the courage and loneliness of it. But this is truest of the face of an infant. I consider that to be one kind of vision, as mystical as any.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Gilead

tags: gilead

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“All children mythologise their birth. It is a universal trait. You want to know someone? Heart, mind and soul? Ask him to tell you about when he was born. What you get won’t be the truth: it will be a story. And nothing is more telling than a story.”
― Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale

tags: birth, children, myth, story, truth

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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

tags: books, children, difficult, grown-ups, write, writers, writing

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“If you care about something you have to protect it – If you’re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.”
― John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

tags: life

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Abhorsen Readalong — 3 members — last activity Jul 07, 2014 06:47PM
Join Stormy (Book.Blog.Bake.) and Shelly (Read.Sleep.Repeat.) as we re-read a highly beloved fantasy series written by Garth Nix.

Read. Discuss. Repeat. — 9 members — last activity Aug 04, 2017 07:52PM
The point of RDR is to get us outside our normal reading zones! Horror, PNR, Urban Fantasy, YA, NA, Romance, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Post ...more

Book Blogger Career Network — 6 members — last activity Jun 27, 2015 05:10PM
Are you a book blogger looking to expand your professional network? The Book Blogger Career Network is here to help. Bloggers can share information ab ...more

The Socratic Salon — 84 members — last activity Nov 16, 2015 04:49AM
The Socratic Salon is a place where comments become conversations and spoilers happen. Instead of a singular exchange between blogger and visitor, we ...more

RQWN — 145 members — last activity Jul 30, 2016 01:08PM
Why hello there all of my book loving friends! If you know me on Twitter (@ReadWriteLove28) you've probably noticed a twitter chat that I host occasio ...more

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