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“For thirty years, she has answered all of my distressed or deeply annoyed phone calls by saying, “Hello, Dearest. I’m so glad it’s you!” I’ve come to believe that this is how God feels when I pray, even at my least attractive.”
― Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
― Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
“She refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn't boring.”
― The Collected Writings
― The Collected Writings
“Come back in five years, in ten, in a hundred, and tell me what you’ve accomplished. In the meantime, I will take what I need.”
“You will take what you want.”
“You act like there’s a man anywhere on earth who can tell the difference.”
― A Shout in the Ruins
“You will take what you want.”
“You act like there’s a man anywhere on earth who can tell the difference.”
― A Shout in the Ruins
“Laughter is sunshine, it chases winter from the human face.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“But you cannot control everything...All you can do is face the world with quiet grace and hope you make a sliver of difference...You must trust that you being the best possible you matters somehow...That being an attentive and generous friend and citizen will prevent a thread or two of the social fabric from unraveling.”
― One Long River of Song: Notes on Wonder
― One Long River of Song: Notes on Wonder
Julie’s 2025 Year in Books
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