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"Then I breathe deeply, and certainty enters into me like light, like a piece of science, and curious music seems to hum inside my fingers. Is there a single person on whom I can press belief? No sir. All I can do is say, Here's how it went. Here's what I saw. I've been there and am going back. Make of it what you will."
— Jan 06, 2025 04:19PM
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Derek
is on page 292 of 312
"Was it unjust? I'd have thought so once, and not long ago. But these activities—whining about what's fair, begging forgiveness, hoping for a miracle—these demand energy, and that was gone from me. Contentment on the other hand demands little, and I drew more and more into it's circle."
— Jan 06, 2025 12:06PM
Derek
is on page 280 of 312
"Someday, you know, we're going to be shown the great ledger of our recorded decisions—a dread concept you nonetheless know in your deepest soul is true."
— Jan 05, 2025 09:07PM
Derek
is on page 247 of 312
"You can embark on new and steeper versions of your old sins, you know, and cry tears while doing it that are genuine as any."
— Jan 05, 2025 11:23AM
Derek
is on page 218 of 312
"I saw what she was getting at, but it only needled me, as the honest point often does "
— Jan 05, 2025 07:51AM
Derek
is on page 166 of 312
"It sure is one thing to say you're at war with this whole world and stick your chest out believing it, but when the world shows up with its crushing numbers and its predatory knowledge, it is another thing completely."
— Jan 02, 2025 03:36PM
Derek
is on page 92 of 312
"I saw it happening but could not stop it. Humility came to me too late. I'm a living proverb; learn from me."
— Dec 31, 2024 11:21AM
Derek
is on page 36 of 312
"And now, because a story is told for all, an admonition to the mindsick: Be careful whom you choose to hate. The small and the vulnerable own a protection great enough, if you could but see it, to melt you into jelly. Beware those who reside beneath the shadow of the Wings."
— Dec 30, 2024 08:59AM
Derek
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"Once touched by truth...a little thing like faith is easy."
— Dec 30, 2024 08:48AM
Derek
is on page 3 of 312
"People fear miracles because they fear being changed—though ignoring them will change you also."
— Dec 29, 2024 08:58AM
