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Smitha
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"I am about a third of a way into the book and I have mixed feelings. The way the language speaks very about women, brown people, Turks, it’s jarring. But then reading a bit more into the history of the time period and author it gives context of that is how things were viewed at the time. But the way life is discussed, the way to live, now that seems interesting and beautiful…I will keep giving this book a chance" — May 16, 2025 01:48PM
"I am about a third of a way into the book and I have mixed feelings. The way the language speaks very about women, brown people, Turks, it’s jarring. But then reading a bit more into the history of the time period and author it gives context of that is how things were viewed at the time. But the way life is discussed, the way to live, now that seems interesting and beautiful…I will keep giving this book a chance" — May 16, 2025 01:48PM
“It expresses a craving that so many of us will recognise. Have we really got so far into the realm of electric light and central heating that the rhythm of the year is irrelevant to us, and we no longer even want to notice the point at which the nights start getting shorter again?”
― Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
― Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
“You didn’t get it. Sacrifice is a part of life. It’s supposed to be. It’s not something to regret. It’s something to aspire to. Little sacrifices. Big sacrifices. A mother works so her son can go to school. A daughter moves home to take care of her sick father.”
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
“That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind.”
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
“And then he wakes up. Sweating. Panting. Always the same. The worst part is not the sleeplessness. The worst part is the general darkness the dream leaves over him, a gray film that clouds the day. Even his happy moments feel encased, like holes jabbed in a hard sheet of ice.”
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
“Fairness,” he said, “does not govern life and death. If it did, no good person would ever die young.”
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
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