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The Games Gods Play (The Crucible, #1)

by Abigail Owen (Goodreads Author)

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Oct 31, 2024 07:20PM

“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: identity

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“So when modern-day religious conservatives wax nostalgic about how marriage is a sacred tradition that reaches back into history for thousands of uninterrupted years, they are absolutely correct, but in only one respect—only if they happen to be talking about Judaism.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

tags: fact, marriage, religion

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“We are all fixing what is broken. It is the task of a lifetime. We'll leave much unfinished for the next generation.”
― Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone

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“I had to dim my light. It was not an easy thing to be married to a celebrity. But it's also not an easy thing to be married to darkness. Eventually I dimmed so far I extinguished”
― Rebecca Serle, The Dinner List

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“The Buddha referred to married people as “householders.” He even gave clear instructions as to how one should be a good householder: Be nice to your spouse, be honest, be faithful, give alms to the poor, buy some insurance against fire and flood . . . I’m dead serious: The Buddha literally advised married couples to buy property insurance.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

tags: buddha, marriage

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