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Complaints bureau!” I remember Boris grousing as a child, one afternoon at his house when we had got off on the vaguely metaphysical subject of our mothers: why they—angels, goddesses—had to die? while our awful fathers thrived, and boozed,
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“wisdom is nothing more profound than an ability to follow one’s own advice.”
― Waking Up: Searching for Spirituality Without Religion
― Waking Up: Searching for Spirituality Without Religion
“The man who prays is the one who thinks that god has arranged matters all wrong, but who also thinks that he can instruct god how to put them right.”
― Mortality
― Mortality
“We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It’s just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.”
― When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
― When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Brent’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Brent’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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344 friends
1,180 books
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44 friends
1,157 books
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128 friends
365 books
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46 friends
385 books
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37 friends
1,463 books
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188 friends
2,844 books
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121 friends
1,232 books
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87 friends
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