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Mark’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mark’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Mark Ristau
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in Highland Park, Illinois, The United States
December 05
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Joseph Campbell, Paulo Coelho, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mahatma Gandhi
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August 2016
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https://www.goodreads.com/mark_ristau
10 Days Free from Violence
10 Days Free from Violence. Is it possible? Let’s share our stories and find out. Stories are powerful. They inspire us. They connect us. They help us to know each other. If we know each other’s stories, we’re less likely to do violence to one another…
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A Hero Dreams: A Coming of Age Psychological Thriller (Hero's Path Book 1)
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Beyond the Threshold: Book 2 of 2: Hero's Path
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“Very soon you will find yourself at the end of a dirt road, only inches from a threshold . . . a threshold into another world—a glorious world, one of infinite possibility. You’ll be standing there contemplating your next move when a gust of wind whispers, “Have faith.” When you hear those magic words, it’ll be time for you to cross the threshold and begin your journey . . .”
― A Hero Dreams
― A Hero Dreams
“Very soon you will find yourself at the end of a dirt road, only inches from a threshold . . . a threshold into another world—a glorious world, one of infinite possibility. You’ll be standing there contemplating your next move when a gust of wind whispers, “Have faith.” When you hear those magic words, it’ll be time for you to cross the threshold and begin your journey . . .”
― A Hero Dreams
― A Hero Dreams
“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
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“it was when I stopped searching for home within others and lifted the foundations of home within myself I found there were no roots more intimate than those between a mind and body that have decided to be whole.”
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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate...Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
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Hello, Mark! Thank you for contacting me! I hope you are well and will have a great new day and week. Congratulations on your book and congratulations on its awards so far! Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Blessings!Best wishes from Majenta
Hello Majenta! Thank you for your kind words. It's such a pleasure connecting with a fellow lover of books and literature. I'm currently working on Beyond the Threshold, the second novel in the Hero's Path series. It's a slow but satisfying process...All my very best to you!!!