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“Listen--are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?”
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“Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning...”
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“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
― The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses
― The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses
“Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”
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“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.”
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Emily’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Emily’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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522 books
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2,439 books
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698 books
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973 books
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675 books
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