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I was trying to impose logic on a society that felt chaotic to me: I could sense an underlying structure, a code of behavior, a way life is supposed to be done. I needed to discern this map’s contours—the boundaries of acceptance,
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“And while the partial truth is that I don’t believe, the fuller truth is that I believe just enough that I’m uncomfortable talking about my not believing.”
― The Librarianist: A Novel
― The Librarianist: A Novel
“He told me that, at some point, each one of us would have to wrestle with the Lights, our hearts naked and exposed, and come away with the painfully honest understanding of where we stand before the Court of Heaven and whether we will do what we are called upon to do.”
― The Beast of Ten
― The Beast of Ten
“We are all given pain,” my mother had said when she was dying of an insidious infection. “It is our great gift. And none are spared in the giving. The Lights see to that.”
― The Beast of Ten
― The Beast of Ten
“And I realize I am coming to understand, to a fuller extent, how beauty ministers to the heart in a way nothing else can.”
― The Beast of Ten
― The Beast of Ten
“You can’t rip yourself into little pieces and give them away. You must learn to remain whole and let the Lights work through you. Some tasks do mean giving of yourself, but in a way that doesn’t make you unable to finish them.”
― The Beast of Ten
― The Beast of Ten
The 52 Book Club: 2026 Challenge
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The American Novel Since 1945
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Yale posted a series of lectures entitled, "The American Novel Since 1945." This group will follow this lecture series. Your Host: Lisa of Troy (htt ...more
Book Buddies
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This is a place for us to discuss all the books we are already reading or have read and want to talk more about. I thought it would also be a great pl ...more
Carla’s 2025 Year in Books
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