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“Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the Earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear.”
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“A thousand half-loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart home.”
― Words of Paradise: Selected Poems of Rumi
― Words of Paradise: Selected Poems of Rumi
“Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.”
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“The minute I heard my first love story,
I started looking for you, not knowing
how blind that was.
Lovers don't finally meet somewhere.
They're in each other all along.”
― The Illuminated Rumi
I started looking for you, not knowing
how blind that was.
Lovers don't finally meet somewhere.
They're in each other all along.”
― The Illuminated Rumi
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
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Helena’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Helena’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
292 books
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113 friends
585 books
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31 friends
1,703 books
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137 friends
319 books
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197 friends
815 books
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41 friends
72 books
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30 friends
645 books
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86 friends
125 books
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53 friends
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Favorite Genres
Adult Fiction, Art, Biography, Book Club, Chick-lit, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Ebooks, Erotica, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Romance, Science, Science fiction, Self help, Suspense, Spirituality, Thriller, Travel, and War
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