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Maggie Delancey said:
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"The adults of the household, not to mention his wife, were glad of him as a friend in whose presence life was easier and calmer." Of Pierre
"Why do I thrash about, why do I fuss inside this narrow, limited frame, when life, the whole of life, with a ...more "
“He held up a book then. “I'm going to read it to you for relax.â€�
“Does it have any sports in it?�
“Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True Love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest Ladies. Snakes. Spiders... Pain. Death. Brave men. Cowardly men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles.�
“Sounds okay,â€� I said and I kind of closed my eyes.”
― The Princess Bride
“Does it have any sports in it?�
“Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True Love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest Ladies. Snakes. Spiders... Pain. Death. Brave men. Cowardly men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles.�
“Sounds okay,â€� I said and I kind of closed my eyes.”
― The Princess Bride
“The best book is not one that informs merely, but one that stirs the reader up to inform himself.”
― Man - The Dwelling Place Of God
― Man - The Dwelling Place Of God
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“And you'll always love me won't you?
Yes
And the rain won't make any difference?
No”
― A Farewell to Arms
Yes
And the rain won't make any difference?
No”
― A Farewell to Arms
“At the end of the day, when I am lying in bed and I know the chances of any of our theology being exactly right are a million to one, I need to know that God has things figured out, that if my math is wrong we are still going to be okay. And wonder is that feeling we get when we let go of our silly answers, our mapped out rules that we want God to follow. I don't think there is any better worship than wonder.”
― Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
― Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
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Maggie’s 2024 Year in Books
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