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“A novel is like a bow, and the violin that produces the sound is the reader's soul.”
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“The language of logical argument, of proofs,is the language of the limited self we know and can manipulate. But the language of parable and poetry, of storytelling,moves from the imprisoned language of the provable into the free language of what I must, for lack of another word, continue to call faith.”
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“The landscapes of our youths create us, and we carry them within us, storied by all they gave and stole, in who we become.”
― Go as a River
― Go as a River
“The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive. To him... a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is an ecstasy, a friend is a lover, a lover is a god, and failure is death. Add to this cruelly delicate organism the overpowering necessity to create, create, create -- so that
without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning, his very breath is cut off from him. He must create, must pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency he is not really alive unless he is creating.”
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without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning, his very breath is cut off from him. He must create, must pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency he is not really alive unless he is creating.”
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Sandi’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Sandi’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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876 books
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336 books
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1,599 books
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178 books
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439 books
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