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“God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars.”
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“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
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“Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.”
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“We read to know we're not alone.”
― Shadowlands: A Play
― Shadowlands: A Play
“For paradise we long. For perfection we were made...This longing is the source of the hunger and dissatisfaction that mark our lives...This longing makes our loves and friendships possible, and so very unsatisfactory. The hunger is for...nothing less than perfect communion with the...one in whom all the fragments of our scattered existence come together...we must not stifle this longing. It is a holy dissatisfaction. Such dissatisfaction is not a sickness to be healed, but the seed of a promise to be fulfilled...The only death to fear is the death of settling for something less.”
― Death on a Friday Afternoon: Meditations on the Last Words of Jesus from the Cross
― Death on a Friday Afternoon: Meditations on the Last Words of Jesus from the Cross
Romantic Suspense
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50 books to read before you die
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The Importance of Reading Ernest
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A book club for those who want to read and talk about Hemingway's work. We'll read a new novel or short story collection every month and talk about it ...more
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