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The Thirty-Nine Steps

by John Buchan

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The Eyes & the Impossible

by Dave Eggers

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Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne

by Katherine Rundell

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When God Whispers Your Name: Discover the Path to Hope in Knowing that God Cares for You by Max Lucado

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Or perhaps you’ve never seen your name honored. And you can’t remember when you heard it spoken with kindness. If so, it may be more difficult for you to believe that God knows your name. But he does. Written on his hand. Spoken by his ...more

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Renee’s Quotes

“It’s all right to talk to God about your problems. But sometimes you need to talk to your problems about God. Preach the goodness of God to them. Prophesy the promises of God to them. Proclaim the victory of the cross to them.”
― Dr. David Jeremiah

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“Perhaps tomorrow had never been meant for them at all. Perhaps tomorrow belonged to God.”
― Hannah Linder, When Tomorrow Came

tags: christian, god, inspirational, realization, regency, theme, thought, tomorrow, trust

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“You may be a bit presumptuous, Miss Woodhart, and may lack certain habits of good etiquette. But in dancing, you exceed many—and in loveliness, I have known no equal.”
― Hannah Linder, Beneath His Silence

tags: dancing, historical, historical-romance, regency, regency-era, regency-romance, romance

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“Of all the imaginable things he most misses about her, the thing he really wishes he could do again is hold her hand in his. She had a way of holding her index finger in his palm, hiding it inside. And he always felt that nothing in the world was impossible when she did that.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

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“In Scripture we see example after example of God coming alongside people who felt weak and inadequate—who felt the absence of the strength needed for the assignment they’d been given—and calling them to be strong. In fact, there are more than thirty occasions in the Bible where God commands someone to be strong.”
― Dr. David Jeremiah

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