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Religious folk could be so deliciously predictable.
“I stared at him for a long time. If he wanted to end his search for the beast, he need look no further than a mirror.”
― At the Water's Edge
― At the Water's Edge
“THIS BODY Happy, I listen to the tinny sounds of the great music I still hear. Dazzling clear pure upper tones have disappeared but I am alive, silvery and achy—like Beethoven I listen with my imagination not my senses to the cascading notes that play on the cosmos, I listen with my heart and dance to the bliss I would never have known without this human body. JANINE CANAN”
― Gratitude Prayers: Prayers, Poems, and Prose for Everyday Thankfulness
― Gratitude Prayers: Prayers, Poems, and Prose for Everyday Thankfulness
“That summer, the one you’ll never forget, every movie house beamed the same set of thematic and narrative images—the same Avatar, same Harry Potter, same Fast and the Furious, flickering pictures stitched in our minds that replaced our own memories, archetypal stories that became our shared history, that taught us what to expect from life, that defined our values. What was that but a religion? Also,”
― Beautiful Ruins
― Beautiful Ruins
“Think you’re escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home. JAMES JOYCE, AUTHOR”
― 365 Inspirational Quotes: A Year of Daily Wisdom from Great Thinkers, Books, Humorists, and More
― 365 Inspirational Quotes: A Year of Daily Wisdom from Great Thinkers, Books, Humorists, and More
“She blamed the lack of real flowers on both weather and the war, and instead put four or five pieces of coal in glass bowls, added water, salt, and ammonia, before finally pouring a mixture of violet and blue ink over them. It was a complete mystery to me how this alchemy would result in anything resembling flowers, but they were “blooming” within the hour.”
― At the Water's Edge
― At the Water's Edge
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Michelle’s 2025 Year in Books
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