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All the Devils Are Here (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #16)

by Louise Penny (Goodreads Author)

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Lonesome Dove: A Novel

by Larry McMurtry

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“Our culture says that feelings of love are the basis for actions of love. And of course that can be true. But it is truer to say that actions of love can lead consistently to feelings of love.”
― Timothy Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

tags: love, marriage

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“Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.”
― James Herriot, James Herriot's Cat Stories

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“God, I am walking to the edge of a cliff. Build me a bridge. I need to get to the other side.”
― Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

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“Life is a series of losses," says my father-in-law one afternoon...."What Dad?"..."oh, I was just thinking about how, with age, it is one loss after another, " he replies. "Huh." He is right. With age we slowly lose our senses and even our pleasures, our parents and then our friends, preparing us for our own absence. An interesting thought.”
― Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

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“What would it mean for Christians to give up that little piece of the American Dream that says, "You are limitless"? Everything is not possible. The mighty kingdom of God is not yet here. What if 'rich' did not have to mean 'wealthy', and 'whole' did not have to mean 'healed'? What if being the people of "the gospel" meant that we are simply people with good news? God is here. We are loved. It is enough.”
― Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

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