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As long as Mumma was alive, she knew that some small part of herself had remained a child, cherished and adored. Perhaps you never completely grew up until your mother
“I wish I knew when I was going to die,' ninety-six-year-old Dame Frances Anne often said, 'I wish I knew.'
'Why, Dame?'
'Then I should know what to read next.”
― In This House of Brede
'Why, Dame?'
'Then I should know what to read next.”
― In This House of Brede
“Original sin is not only the violation of a positive command … but … attempts … to abolish fatherhood, destroying its rays which permeate the created world, placing in doubt the truth about God who is Love and leaving man with only a sense of the master-slave relationship.”
― Crossing the Threshold of Hope
― Crossing the Threshold of Hope
“One of the good things about a Catholic church is that it isn't respectable," she had told Richard. "You can find anyone in it, from duchesses to whores, from tramps to kings.”
― In This House of Brede
― In This House of Brede
Jill’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jill’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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334 books
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904 books
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625 books
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2,148 books
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130 friends
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247 friends
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