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John Adams

by David McCullough

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Mark Twain: A Life

by Ron Powers (Goodreads Author)

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

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“Sabbath, in the first instance, is not about worship. It is about work stoppage. It is about withdrawal from the anxiety system of Pharaoh, the refusal to let one’s life be defined by production and consumption and the endless pursuit of private well-being.”
― Walter Brueggemann

tags: anxiety, consumerism, peace, productivity, rest, sabbath, stress, worship

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“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

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