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“You were not just born to center your entire existence on work and labor. You were born to heal, to grow, to be of service to yourself and community, to practice, to experiment, to create, to have space, to dream, and to connect.”
― Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
― Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
“We all want our troubles to mean something, to have stature and be validated—but we gain nothing by pitting our woes against another’s. Pain should unite us, as fellow sufferers, as fellow humans.”
― Good Enough: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection
― Good Enough: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection
“To be human in an aching world is to know our dignity and become people who safeguard the dignity of everything around us.”
― This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
― This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
“Everything in the world that mattered was gone. I prayed secretly. Perhaps we all did. No one wanted to be identified as a probable terrorist. So we prayed hiding in our rooms. We prayed for a return to what was, and a future that could be. We were held in a place that felt as if war didn't exist, in a world that we knew was fraught with fighting.”
― Somewhere in the Unknown World
― Somewhere in the Unknown World
“In stories, a person can be terrible just because, but in real life, I don't think that is true. In real life, people are terrible because they are broken, or people are terrible because they are lonely, or people are terrible because they want or need something they can't have and they justify all sorts of crimes in order to get it. And sometimes, people are terrible because they are afraid.”
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Special chat with Charles Todd, Alan Bradley, and Tasha Alexander
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Bonnie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Bonnie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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