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Deborah is Currently Reading

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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

by Rashid Khalidi

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Dec 10, 2025 03:32PM

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Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East

by Amanda H. Podany (Goodreads Author)

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May 21, 2024 08:09PM

“Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.”
― George Bernard Shaw

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“Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man's attitude toward history and nature.”
― Abraham Joshua Heschel, God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism

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“Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.”
― Abraham Joshua Heschel, God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism

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“God has a special providence for fools, drunkards, and the United States of America.”
― Otto von Bismarck

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“Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ....get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.”
― Abraham Joshua Heschel

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