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This is one of the best books and best written books I've ever read. Two months after I met the author, he died in his sleep at age 53 while on holiday with his fiance in Avignon. The whole world cried when John died. There was no one like him and never will be again. John had a brilliant mind that was married to a wide open heart.
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Jan 04, 2025
Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance
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it was amazing
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Here's how this book begins:
"It is strange to be here. The mystery never leaves you alone. Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the silence of another world awaits."
This book, by poet and philosopher John O'Donohue, is full of deep wisdom and thoughtful meditations about life and the world.
Apologies, but
I have few words that could tell you how good this book is.
Just read it. ...more
"It is strange to be here. The mystery never leaves you alone. Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the silence of another world awaits."
This book, by poet and philosopher John O'Donohue, is full of deep wisdom and thoughtful meditations about life and the world.
Apologies, but
I have few words that could tell you how good this book is.
Just read it. ...more
Nov 09, 2013
Samantha
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really liked it
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Shelves:
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Aug 30, 2019
Jay Corrales
marked it as to-read
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