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| This is an interesting book by a new author. It is obvious that Derek Sherman thoroughly researched running cults and biotechnology and successfully intertwined the two to make an enjoyable read. This is the story of two brothers who take different p...more | |
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“In life, finding a voice is speaking and living the truth. Each of you is an original. Each of you has a distinctive voice. When you find it, your story will be told. You will be heard.”
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| I was very touched by this story. Achebe is an eloquent writer and his poetry and prose flows from his soul. Achebe reviews his personal history of the Nigerian-Biafran conflict and intersperses his poetry throughout. Having remembered the humanitari...more | |
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| For anyone who has ever questioned the purpose of work or been frustrated at unrewarded efforts, this book provides the answers. Keller is eloquent and thoughtful. Keller is the pastor of a church in NYC. His congregation is largely professionals who...more | |
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| This book is definitely capitalizing on the popularity of Downton Abbey. The author writes a very uncomplicated plot with likable characters. The descriptive language evocative of the period is done to good effect. As I was reading, this seemed more...more | |
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“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
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“Whatever may be the tensions and the stresses of a particular day, there is always lurking close at hand the trailing beauty of forgotten joy or unremembered peace.”
― Howard Thurman, Meditations of the Heart
― Howard Thurman, Meditations of the Heart
“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
“A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Circle of Quiet
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Circle of Quiet
“It makes you wonder. All the brilliant things we might have done with our lives if only we suspected we knew how.”
― Ann Patchett, Bel Canto
― Ann Patchett, Bel Canto
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