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More never again risked taking on a protégée like Yearsley, but she continued her benevolent work in a different way. She moved to a country cottage (with two cats called Passive Obedience and Non-Resistance) and there she set up a network
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“Your problem is how you are going to spend this one and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are.”
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“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.”
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“I thought such awful thoughts that I cannot even say them out loud because they would make Jesus want to drink gin straight out of the cat dish.”
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“Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, How alive am I willing to be?”
― Bird by Bird
― Bird by Bird
“Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere.”
― Bird by Bird
― Bird by Bird
Keely’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Keely’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Favorite Genres
Biography, Contemporary, Crime, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Poetry, Self help, and Thriller
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