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1. People who speak angrily of this book generally haven't read it.
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An important and brave book, one that I'm amazed ever saw the light of day given Scientology's determined (and frightening) efforts to keep this story under wraps. That Wright tries so hard to be even-handed here makes the abuses that much more te...
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I am so glad this book was recommended to me. It's unforgettable. Now I think I understand a little bit about war. Just a little but
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“A thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not happen and be truer than the truth.”
― Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried
― Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried
“When it's over, I want to say: all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.
When it is over, I don't want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don't want to find myself sighing and frightened,
or full of argument.
I don't want to end up simply having visited this world.”
― Mary Oliver
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.
When it is over, I don't want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don't want to find myself sighing and frightened,
or full of argument.
I don't want to end up simply having visited this world.”
― Mary Oliver
“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
― Narcotics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous
― Narcotics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous
“I don't want the whole world, I just want your half.”
― They Might Be Giants
― They Might Be Giants
“to live in this world
you must be able
to do three things
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go”
― Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
you must be able
to do three things
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go”
― Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
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