pick“Curiosity is a luxury for the financially secure…. I began to experience the most powerful advantage of money: the ability to think of things besides money.”
“He said positive liberty is self-mastery—the rule of the self, by the self. To have positive liberty, he explained, is to take control of one‘s own mind; to be liberated from irrational fears and beliefs, from addictions, superstitions and all other forms of self-coercion.”
pickSuch a practical & helpful read for those in the midst of ‘cultivating holy curiosity‘, and also more mature Christians needing a reminder & reset back at ground zero. Also, I appreciated that Mathis was direct when compiling this book by including a lot of writing clips from other authors instead of trying to reword & regurgitate what was already previously ‘said best‘.
The secret of joy & worship: “self-forgetfulness”
pick“Profits are made in the buying, not the selling”
I literally never read anything but fiction, and am officially obsessed with this book, and have ordered the next follow up book by Kiyosaki!
so-so“I want a pain I understand instead of the one I don‘t. I want a pain that has a beginning and an end, not one that goes on forever and cuts all the way to the bone.”
I liked this 50/50. LOVED the voice from Rills perspective. But thought the family dynasty attorney girl perspective was pretty cheesy - which is half the book, soooo.. 😬🤷🏻♀️
pick“In a moment of clarity, once, Kacey told me that time spent in addiction feels looped. Each morning brings with it the possibility of change, each evening the shame of failure. The only task becomes the seeking of the fix.”
pick“Do you think it‘s possible to ever see the past as it actually was?...”
.... “But we overlay the present onto the past. We look back through the lens of what we know now, so we‘re not seeing it as the people we were, we are seeing it as the people we are, and that means the past has been radically altered.”
pick“People say there‘s nothing like a mother‘s love - take that away and you‘ll find there is nothing like a daughter‘s hate.”
“I unzip the body of who I used to be and step outside myself; a newborn Russian doll, a little smaller than I was before, wondering how many other versions of me are still hidden inside.”
pickSnippets:
“You are the sky. Everything else- it‘s just the weather. “ ~ Perma Chodron
“It‘s important that we honor our stories, and it‘s vital that we understand and have compassion for the biological responses our bodies now have because of the stories.”
“Research confirms that we will likely project whatever attachment styles we adopt from our caregivers onto our relationship with God.”
so-so“Dramatic circumstances, such as those in which they and other new lovers in the city now found themselves, have a habit of creating dramatic emotions, and furthermore the curfew served to conjure up and effect similar to that of a long distance relationship, and long distance relationships are well-known for their potential to heighten passion, at least for a while, just as fasting is well known to heighten one‘s appreciation for food.“
pickLet‘s just say my next dog will be named Judy ❤️
pick“The universal slogan of war, she learned, was simple: if it had been you, you‘d have done no different.“
“There is no future, only three kinds of past- the distant past of heritage, the near past experience, and the past in waiting.”
so-so“And isn‘t it odd... how he states that misery feels much the same as joy at first feels?”
Great writing. Loved all the quotes to set the tone at the beginning of each chapter. Loved getting to learn about Joy and in turn learn more about CS Lewis from it. However, first half was painfully slow 😬
pick“And maybe, just maybe, he‘d come back one day, and burn that fucking palace to the ground.”
Total teeny bopper of a book, but I still thought it was great- and nice to have an ‘easy read‘ for book club every once in a while!
so-so“Kids are jumping out the windows of burning buildings, falling to their deaths. And we think the problem is that they are jumping...we‘ve tried to find ways to get them to stop jumping. Convince them that burning alive is better than leaving when the shit gets too hot for them to take.”• Mixed emotions over here: Quick read. Love his writing. Super depressing. Too many stories & characters to keep track of, tho they all tie together in the end.
pickBeautiful written. Ten times better than The Paris Wife. I just prefer a faster moving book 🤷🏻♀️
so-soThe Chemist was no comparison to Twilight— not bad, not good, but just meh. I do think it should‘ve been shorter simply bc it easily ‘could-have-been‘ & without sacrificing anything or any meat. Also, it was a book club read (and I‘m the one that submitted this book for reading) and I was very disappointed that there were no pre-written book club discussion questions by Meyers or on her website :/
so-soIn the back of the book, “A Note From The Author” explains exactly what I was hoping this book would be. but it missed the mark 😭 I also wish my girl, Francine, would go back to historical fiction. I think part of it is that I just have such high expectations for Francine Rivers that I get disappointed if the book isn‘t life changing lol 🤷🏻♀️
pick“All I ask of our brethren is that they will take their feet from off our necks.” Yassssss and thank you 👏🏽🤘🏻 •••• this Book was amazing and loved learning about historical trailblazing women that have been forgotten ❤️
pickThis was a quick read & quick witted from the very first page. My only complaint is that I didn‘t care for how the ending was put together. ••• also, cutest Book photo of the day goes to me 🙋🏻♀️
pickAnd so is this book.
“Saudade: (a Portuguese word)- a vague longing for something that cannot exist again, or perhaps never existed.”
pickThis book is Beautiful. I keep having to set it down bc of the heaviness and anxiety it is giving me. It is great & wouldn‘t have had that one issue if I had read it a year ago. Just probably not the best book to read if you are currently grieving over the loss of a loved one
pickNot as quick or addictive of a read as The Nightingale, but still an awesome book worth reading. It brought me back to memories of harsh winters in Wyoming - not Alaska by any means - but the thoughts I always have had in awe of how tough my ancestors had to be to make the trek to Wyoming long ago & what in the world possessed them to plant our family there.
panThe more I think about this race baiting, no plot, shallow book the more it angers me. This book is a slap in the face to anyone that adopts a child of a different race. I was super excited to read this book but clearly will not be reading another book of Ng's in the future.
so-soHari‘s attempt to brainwash people into thinking socialism is the cure for depression, completely taints the rest of what-would-be legitimate arguments. I wanted to give Lost Connections one star because of how infuriating it is that Hari politisizes depression.
BUT, upon reflection - it did connect some dots in my own struggles. I‘d recommend this book to employers. There‘s a wealth of information that an employer could apply to work environment
pickWWII books are over produced — but this one — ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
