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by Tessa Hadley

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Jayber Crow

by Wendell Berry

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Brandee’s Quotes

“The most simple and mundane things can take on deep and memorable dimensions depending on where we are, or with whom, or any number of things.”
― Will Willingham, Adjustments

tags: depth, memorable-moments

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“[...Brer Rabbit] said his prayers over like a train of railroad cars running [...].”
― Joel Chandler Harris, Giant Treasury of Brer Rabbit

tags: how-to-pray, prayer, trains

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“Know Thyself,' Dorian says. [...]
'That's half the Rawlins family motto,' Zachary says.
'What's the other half?'
'And Learn to Suffer.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

tags: know-thyself, knowledge-of-self, mantra, motto, suffering

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“The thing people don't always want to realize is that stories have great power whether they get told or not.”
― Will Willingham, Adjustments

tags: power-of-stories, power-of-words, stories, storytelling

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“What if forgiveness, rather than being a pansy way of saying it's OK, is actually a way of wielding bolt cutters and snapping the chain that links us?”
― Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint

tags: forgiveness

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