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The Son

by Philipp Meyer (Goodreads Author)

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Living the Resurrection: The Risen Christ in Everyday Life by Eugene H. Peterson

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Since the life of faith is nothing if it is not embodied, it must be lived—lived in the flesh. While Jesus’ body has been, for now, returned to heaven, the body of Christ remains incarnated through the church.

Persuasion

by Jane Austen

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Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy

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“Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
― L.M. Montgomery

tags: beginnings, fresh-start, inspirational, mistake, mistakes, new-day, start-over, tomorrow

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“You are never too old to set another goal, or to dream a new dream.”
― Les Brown, Live Your Dreams: Les Brown's Formula and Action Planner for Achieving Success and Happiness

tags: inspirational

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“Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

tags: dumbledore, power-of-words

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“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
― Roald Dahl

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“What you are is God's gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.”
― Hans Urs von Balthasar, Prayer

tags: catholicism, christian-living, christianity, gift, god, inspirational, philosophy, spirituality

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