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"The dedication made me cry. The forward from one whose husband's ministry and music we have so appreciated was a delightful surprise. And just two pages into the intro, Colleen has already referenced Lucy and Mole.
This is a book to be devoured or savored depending on the day." — Oct 16, 2025 06:56AM
"The dedication made me cry. The forward from one whose husband's ministry and music we have so appreciated was a delightful surprise. And just two pages into the intro, Colleen has already referenced Lucy and Mole.
This is a book to be devoured or savored depending on the day." — Oct 16, 2025 06:56AM
But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to
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“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
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“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
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“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“A short story is a different thing altogether – a short story is like a quick kiss in the dark from a stranger.”
― Skeleton Crew
― Skeleton Crew
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