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“Prosperity knits a man to the world. He feels that he is finding his place in it, while really it is finding its place in him.”
― The Screwtape Letters
― The Screwtape Letters
“But there are certain meanings that are lost forever the moment they are explained in words.”
― 1Q84
― 1Q84
“Pippin glanced in some wonder at the face now close beside his own, for the sound of that laugh had been gay and merry. Yet in the wizard's face he saw at first only lines of care and sorrow; though as he looked more intently he perceived that under all there was a great joy: a fountain of mirth enough to set a kingdom laughing, were it to gush forth.”
― The Lord of the Rings
― The Lord of the Rings
“There have been times of late when I have had to hold on to one text with all my might: "It is required in stewards that a man may be found faithful." Praise God, it does not say "sucessful.”
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“A faith without some doubts is like a human body with no antobodies in it. People who blithely go through life too busy or indifferent to ask the hard questions about why they believe as they do will find themselves defenseless against either the experience of tragedy or the probing questions of a smart skeptic. A person's faith can collapse almost overnight if she failed over the years to listen patiently to her own doubts, which should only be discarded after long reflection.”
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Bernice’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Bernice’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
545 books
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508 friends
114 books
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65 friends
6 books
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166 friends
135 books
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196 friends
179 books
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172 friends
540 books
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254 friends
18 books
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99 friends
58 books
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24 friends
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