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“Humans have a natural impulse to avoid people who might be suffering from some sort of overt illness, not because it disgusts them, but because it creates a strong sense of social discomfort. What do you say to someone in constant
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“I understood very well just then, why it is that men measure time. They wish to fix a moment, in the vain hope that so doing will keep it from departing.”
― The Fiery Cross
― The Fiery Cross
“But remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
“Ordinary, said Aunt Lydia, is what you are used to. This may not seem ordinary to you now, but after a time it will. It will become ordinary.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”
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“Fatigue is here, in my body, in my legs and eyes. That is what gets you in the end. Faith is only a word, embroidered.”
― The Handmaid's Tale
― The Handmaid's Tale
LH’s 2025 Year in Books
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