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"This newest translation got my attention. I've tried two others, never finished. Here's hoping...
The book itself is maybe the nicest book I own! Norton had A LOT of confidence in it! It's gorgeous!" — Jul 15, 2026 05:08AM
"This newest translation got my attention. I've tried two others, never finished. Here's hoping...
The book itself is maybe the nicest book I own! Norton had A LOT of confidence in it! It's gorgeous!" — Jul 15, 2026 05:08AM
Men are, in fact, quite unable to control their own inventions; they at best develop adaptability to the new conditions those inventions create.
“...she doesn't want to become the kind of person who thinks that good news can only come from calls one was already expecting and callers one already knows”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“We are not quite novels.
We are not quite short stories.
In the end, we are collected works.”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
We are not quite short stories.
In the end, we are collected works.”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“our love is proved when we love those who are not beautiful, who wound with word or deed. When we love not out of pity, or even for their sakes, but for our own. And here is the secret: they do not wound us, as Yaweh does not wound us. We wound ourselves by allowing the offense. And so Yaweh commands forgiveness for our own healing. Because in honoring ourselves—and others as ourselves—we please and honor Yaweh, who looks not on what a person does, but on the heart.” I”
― The Legend of Sheba: Rise of a Queen
― The Legend of Sheba: Rise of a Queen
“We aren’t the things we collect, acquire, read. We are, for as long as we are here, only love. The things we loved. The people we loved. And these, I think these really do live on”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“You know everything you need to know about a person from the answer to the question, What is your favorite book?”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
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