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The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 by Diana Gabaldon

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A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness

by Michael Pollan (Goodreads Author)

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The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020

by Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author)

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Book cover for The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Magic Cleaning #1)

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Magic Cleaning #1) by Marie Kondō

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Imagine what it would be like to have a bookshelf filled only with books that you really love. Isn’t that image spellbinding? For someone who loves books, what greater happiness could there be?

Swimming in the Dark

by Tomasz Jedrowski

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“Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recaptured at will.”
― Charles Baudelaire, The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays

tags: genius

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“Maybe we feel empty because we leave pieces of ourselves in everything we used to love.”
― R. M. Drake

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“What are you reading? isn’t a simple question when asked with genuine curiosity; it’s really a way of asking, Who are you now and who are you becoming?”
― Will Schwalbe, Books for Living

tags: books, literature, reading, words

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“Solitude is a chosen separation for refining your soul. Isolation is what you crave when you neglect the first.”
― Wayne Cordeiro, Leading on Empty: Refilling Your Tank and Renewing Your Passion

tags: isolation, jesus-christ, pastor, pastoral, pastoral-ministry, refuge, solitude

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