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And in spite of the fact that science, art, and politics had no special interest for him, he firmly held those views on all these subjects which were held by the majority and by his paper, and he only changed them when the majority changed
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“I used to pass the flowers by without seeing them, as almost every man does.”
― The Robe
― The Robe
“No, of course not. The Redemption is nothing like a fairy tale, Miss Prim. Fairy tales and ancient legends arelike the Redemption. Haven’t you ever noticed? It’s like when you copy a tree from the garden on a piece of paper. The tree from the garden doesn’t look like the drawing, does it? It’s the drawing that’s a bit, just a little bit, like the real tree.”
― The Awakening of Miss Prim
― The Awakening of Miss Prim
“What has made the day so perfect ? To begin with , it is a pattern of freedom. It’s setting has not been cramped in space or time. An island, curiously enough, gives a limitless feeling or both. Nor has the day been limited in kinds of activity. It has a natural balance of physical, intellectual and social life. It has an easy unforced rhythm. Work is not deformed by pressure. Relationship is not strangled by claims. Intimacy is tempered by lightness of touch. We have moved through our day like dancers not needing to touch more than lightly because we were instinctively moving to the same rhythm.”
― Gift from the Sea
― Gift from the Sea
Thomas Jefferson Education a book a week for the next year
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This is a group for like minded individuals to help us stay motivated to read at least 1 book a week for the whole year. Post the books you read and w ...more
Christian Historical Fiction
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Most of what we will read and discuss through here will be Christian Historical Fiction, but every once in a while there will be something that will n ...more
Alli’s 2025 Year in Books
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