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Reading for the 2nd time
read in March 2025
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"My husband and I read it out loud as we walk through the neighborhood which can be a bit of an adventure/risk/kink itself.
We tried "The Voyeurs" first because it sounded relatable. Several pages in, we weren't connected to the setting or characters. It was confusing.
"Mirror Mirror" was an enjoyable unique perspective. The narrator had an unexpected fulfillment with a profound, bittersweet twist in the end." — Mar 19, 2025 05:26PM
"My husband and I read it out loud as we walk through the neighborhood which can be a bit of an adventure/risk/kink itself.
We tried "The Voyeurs" first because it sounded relatable. Several pages in, we weren't connected to the setting or characters. It was confusing.
"Mirror Mirror" was an enjoyable unique perspective. The narrator had an unexpected fulfillment with a profound, bittersweet twist in the end." — Mar 19, 2025 05:26PM
Endira77 said:
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I like this reflection book better than my previous one because it is more “rich” with scriptural references. Compared to the happy, gentle reflections of the last book, this one is dense with practical truth for continuous lifelong principles. It is
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“From time to time in the years to come, I hope you will be treated unfairly, so that you will come to know the value of justice. I hope that you will suffer betrayal because that will teach you the importance of loyalty. Sorry to say, but I hope you will be lonely from time to time so that you don’t take friends for granted. I wish you bad luck, again, from time to time so that you will be conscious of the role of chance in life and understand that your success is not completely deserved and that the failure of others is not completely deserved either. And when you lose, as you will from time to time, I hope every now and then, your opponent will gloat over your failure. It is a way for you to understand the importance of sportsmanship. I hope you’ll be ignored so you know the importance of listening to others, and I hope you will have just enough pain to learn compassion. Whether I wish these things or not, they’re going to happen. And whether you benefit from them or not will depend upon your ability to see the message in your misfortunes.”
― The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure
― The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure
“It is always quietly thrilling to find yourself looking at a world you know well but have never seen from such an angle before.”
― At Home: A Short History of Private Life
― At Home: A Short History of Private Life
“I refer of course to the soaring wonder of the age known as the Eiffel Tower. Never in history has a structure been more technologically advanced, materially obsolescent, and gloriously pointless all at the same time.”
― At Home: A Short History of Private Life
― At Home: A Short History of Private Life
“I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.”
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“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities.”
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