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I long for scenes where man hath never trod A place where woman never smiled or wept There to abide with my Creator, God, And sleep as I in childhood sweetly slept, Untroubling and untroubled where I lie The grass below—above the vaulted
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“Freedom is not license. For the former looks out for the good of ‘all’, while the latter looks out for the good of ‘me’.”
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“We ask that streams of Easter light might flow into the intimacy and privacy of our hearts this morning, to heal us and encourage us and enable us to make again a new beginning.”
― Walking in Wonder: Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World
― Walking in Wonder: Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World
“Just as a single rainstorm can erode the banks and change the course of a river, so can a single circumstance of a girl’s life erase who she was before.”
― Go as a River
― Go as a River
“Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they have the answers.”
― Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
― Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
“The three branches of government number considerably more than three and are not, in any sense, "branches" since that would imply that there is something they are all attached to besides self-aggrandizement and our pocketbooks.”
― Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government
― Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government
American Historical Fiction
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American history is fascinating and complex, yet it seems the majority of historical novels are based on European history. The purpose of this group i ...more
Q&A with Laurie R. King
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— last activity Jun 22, 2024 09:08AM
This discussion group ran from September 4 to 11, 2012, to celebrate the publication of Laurie's new novel, Garment of Shadows. Feel free to browse th ...more
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