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Joy and sadness were part of the package; the trick, perhaps, was to let yourself feel all of it, but to hold on to the joy just a little more tightly because you never knew when a strong heart could just give out.
“I knew then that this is how God loves us all and receives us all, and that there is no such thing in this universe as hell, except maybe in our own terrified minds. Because if even one broken and limited human being could experience even one such episode of absolute forgiveness and acceptance of her own self, then imagine—just imagine!—what God, in all His eternal compassion, can forgive and accept.”
― Eat, Pray, Love
― Eat, Pray, Love
“He paused. He often paused before he spoke. She thought this exquisite; it was as though he had such regard for his listener that he wanted his words strung together in the best possible way.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
“Youth is an irreplaceable treasure, and the only respectable thing to do with irreplaceable treasure is to waste it.”
― City of Girls
― City of Girls
“How long have you worked for my aunt?” I asked her. “Since Moses was in nappies.”
― City of Girls
― City of Girls
“Because a man who argues is ambitious, but a woman who argues is just a bitch.”
― By Any Other Name
― By Any Other Name
Shannon’s 2025 Year in Books
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