Lydia Therese

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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

by Mary Beard

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Dec 30, 2025 03:36PM

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For Calvinism

by Michael Scott Horton

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Nov 27, 2025 06:55PM

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12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

by Jordan B. Peterson

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Lydia’s Quotes

“God can't give us peace and happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: god-religion-happiness

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“She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read.”
― Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

tags: dream, elizabeth-george-speare, witch-of-blackbird-pond

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“For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

tags: hope, inspirational

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“Read, read, read. That's all I can say.”
― Carolyn Keene, The Secret of the Old Clock

tags: nancy-drew

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“Christian art is the expression of the whole life of the whole person as a Christian. What a Christian portrays in his art is the totality of life. Art is not to be solely a vehicle for some sort of self-conscious evangelism.”
― Francis A. Schaeffer, Art and the Bible: Two Essays

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