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“Beware of the brokenhearted,” said the grandmother, “for they will lead you astray.”
― Raymie Nightingale
― Raymie Nightingale
“If you push me far enough, all I really know is that he was a fine fisherman."
"You know more than that," my father said. "He was beautiful.”
― A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
"You know more than that," my father said. "He was beautiful.”
― A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
“Inside the magic globe that Florence Nightingale carries, there are wishes and hopes and love. And all of these things are very tiny and also very bright. And there are thousands of wishes and hopes and love things, and they move around in the magic globe, and that’s what Florence uses to see by. That is how she sees soldiers who have fallen on the battlefield of life.”
― Raymie Nightingale
― Raymie Nightingale
“Mr. J.L.B Matekoni," she asked, "do you think that our souls grow as we get older?"
He did not answer immediately, but when he did, she thought his answer quite perfect. "Yes," he said. "Our souls get wider. They grow like the branches of a tree--growing outwards. And more birds come and make their homes in these branches. And sing a bit more." He stopped and looked a little awkward. "I'm talking nonsense, Mma."
"You're not," she said.”
― Precious and Grace
He did not answer immediately, but when he did, she thought his answer quite perfect. "Yes," he said. "Our souls get wider. They grow like the branches of a tree--growing outwards. And more birds come and make their homes in these branches. And sing a bit more." He stopped and looked a little awkward. "I'm talking nonsense, Mma."
"You're not," she said.”
― Precious and Grace
“[...]perhaps the secret of leading a life in which you would not always be worrying about things, or complaining about them, was to accept that there were people who just saw things differently from you and always would. Once you understood that, then you could accept the people themselves as they were and not try to change them. What was even more important, perhaps, was that you could love those people who looked at things so differently, because you realised that they were not trying to make life hard for you by being what they were, but were simply doing their best. Then, when you started to love them, love would do the work that it always did and it would begin to transform them and then they would end up seeing things in the same way that you did.”
― Precious and Grace
― Precious and Grace
Laura’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Laura’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
454 books
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9 friends
1,244 books
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35 friends
14 books
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2 friends
122 books
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57 friends
794 books
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60 friends
229 books
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5 friends
334 books
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6 friends
1,021 books
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80 friends
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Favorite Genres
Classics, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Music, Mystery, Poetry, and Science fiction
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