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“No matter how bad a state of mind you may get into, if you keep strong and hold out, eventually the floating clouds must vanish and the withering wind must cease.”
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“A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.”
― How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment
― How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment
“Before one studies Zen, mountains are mountains and waters are waters; after a first glimpse into the truth of Zen, mountains are no longer mountains and waters are no longer waters; after enlightenment, mountains are once again mountains and waters once again waters.”
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“the redness had seeped from the day and night was arranging herself around us. Cooling things down, staining and dyeing the evening purple and blue black.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees
“The purpose of art is to create heavens to balance the world because there are so many hells in the world, there are wars, tortures and oppressions, there is unhappiness etc.”
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Ashley’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ashley’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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130 friends
1,297 books
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51 friends
970 books
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122 friends
47 books
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89 friends
1,633 books
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52 books
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72 friends
295 books
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11 friends
833 books
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19 friends
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