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Planning to do the slow read with Simon Haisell. One chapter a day for one year. (Substack)Simon’s handholding to help me through the plot + laugh-out-loud Shmoop guides = I’m excited for a fun year. "
Some men think in a straight line, like an arrow off the string. They go to logic, to the easy conclusion, and avoid the waterways of the mind. But not Ephraim. His head is all rivers and streams, and with a mind like that a thought could
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“As the family weakens, our welfare and correctional bureaucracies grow.”
― What Is Marriage?: Man and Woman: A Defense
― What Is Marriage?: Man and Woman: A Defense
“If you really love someone, you want to know what they ate for lunch or dinner without you.”
― Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life
― Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life
“Love is holy because it is like grace--the worthiness of its object is never really what matters.”
― Gilead
― Gilead
“It felt very good to have him walking beside her. Good like rest and quiet, like something you could live without but you needed anyway. That you had to learn how to miss, and then you'd never stop missing it.”
― Lila
― Lila
“Neither of them had any particular longing for material wealth except as it would aid them in this life’s work of parental responsibility. In their eyes it was far more important that each of their children grow up to be noted for honesty and integrity than that any one of them should make a mark in the world. Both worked unceasingly all the days of their lives and taught their children to love work.” 4”
― Life's Lessons Learned: Personal Reflections
― Life's Lessons Learned: Personal Reflections
Dickens! Mwah!
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Basically, Charles Dickens is the most brilliant person EVER, and this group is all about discussing him! Don't tell anyone, but I think Dickens is th ...more
Laura’s 2025 Year in Books
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