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Half of the book is transcriptions and the other half is photocopies of what was transcribed…does that mean I have to read the same thing twice to finish the book?

“All our lives are consumed in possessing struggle, but only when the struggle is cherished and directed to a final consummation outside of this life, is it of any value.”

“I will always be staggering between despair and presumption, facing first one & then the other, deciding which makes me look the best, which fits most comfortably, most conveniently. I’ll never take a large chunk of anything. I’ll nibble nervously here & there.”

She is so real. She is so funny. She is so loved.

I can’t speak to my feelings, so I’ll let some passages that struck a chord in my heart to speak for themselves.

”I do not bow to you God because I am in the way. Please help me push myself aside.”

”Only a love that does not satisfy can continue.“

"Sin is large & stale. You can never finish eating it.”

”I do mot want to fear to be out; I want to love to be in.”