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“The difference between my darkness and your darkness is that I can look at my own badness in the face and accept its existence while you are busy covering your mirror with a white linen sheet. The difference between my sins and your sins is that when I sin I know I'm sinning while you have actually fallen prey to your own fabricated illusions. I am a siren, a mermaid; I know that I am beautiful while basking on the ocean's waves and I know that I can eat flesh and bones at the bottom of the sea. You are a white witch, a wizard; your spells are manipulations and your cauldron from hell yet you wrap yourself in white and wear a silver wig.”
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“Everyone must come out of his Exile in his own way.”
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“He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it.”
― Shooting an Elephant
― Shooting an Elephant
“I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. In each, it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which comes shape of achievement, a sense of one's being, a satisfaction of spirit. One becomes, in some area, an athlete of God. Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.”
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Isobel’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Isobel’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
479 books
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19 friends
132 books
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117 friends
118 books
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10 friends
4 books
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273 friends
2 books
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16 friends
0 books
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148 friends
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206 friends
4 books
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22 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Comics, Contemporary, Ebooks, Fantasy, Manga, Music, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science, Science fiction, and Spirituality
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