“Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.”
― MI VIDA: A Story of Faith, Hope and Love
― MI VIDA: A Story of Faith, Hope and Love
“True restfulness, though, is a form of awareness, a way of being in life. It is living ordinary life with a sense of ease, gratitude, appreciation, peace and prayer. We are restful when ordinary life is enough.”
― The Shattered Lantern: Rediscovering a Felt Presence of God
― The Shattered Lantern: Rediscovering a Felt Presence of God
“While writing is like a joyful release, editing is a prison where the bars are my former intentions and the abusive warden my own neuroticism.”
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“When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step back and look at the forest.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Blanchetta’s 2025 Year in Books
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