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Alison Chamberlain
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“Because it is the nature of love to create, a marriage itself is something which has to be created, so that, together we become a new creature.
To marry is the biggest risk in human relations that a person can take…If we commit ourselves to one person for life this is not, as many people think, a rejection of freedom; rather it demands the courage to move into all the risks of freedom, and the risk of love which is permanent; into that love which is not possession, but participation…It takes a lifetime to learn another person…When love is not possession, but participation, then it is part of that co-creation which is our human calling, and which implies such risk that it is often rejected.”
― The Irrational Season
To marry is the biggest risk in human relations that a person can take…If we commit ourselves to one person for life this is not, as many people think, a rejection of freedom; rather it demands the courage to move into all the risks of freedom, and the risk of love which is permanent; into that love which is not possession, but participation…It takes a lifetime to learn another person…When love is not possession, but participation, then it is part of that co-creation which is our human calling, and which implies such risk that it is often rejected.”
― The Irrational Season
“Today I made love to my woman.
Not because I wanted to right then,
But because I knew i'd want to when we started,
And that the walk on the beach we took afterward would be more romantic,
The cocktail I made at 5:45 would taste better,
The shrimp I seasoned would have more savour,
The all-star game we watched at 7:00 would be more exciting,
The music we danced to til midmight would have more rhythm,
And the conversation about life we had together, sitting across the table from each other, until 3:00 am in the morning would be more inspiring.
And it was.”
―
Not because I wanted to right then,
But because I knew i'd want to when we started,
And that the walk on the beach we took afterward would be more romantic,
The cocktail I made at 5:45 would taste better,
The shrimp I seasoned would have more savour,
The all-star game we watched at 7:00 would be more exciting,
The music we danced to til midmight would have more rhythm,
And the conversation about life we had together, sitting across the table from each other, until 3:00 am in the morning would be more inspiring.
And it was.”
―
Alison’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alison’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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72 friends
542 books
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1,016 books
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888 books
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710 books
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59 friends
4,349 books
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2 friends
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