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Rene’s 2024 Year in Books
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is on page 308 of 408 of Romans: p289 Paul has certainly not provided neat answers to the baffling questions which arise....He has...not swept away all the difficulties. But...we may well feel that he has given us enough to [know]...that the deep mystery p290 which surrounds us is neither a nightmare mystery of meaninglessness nor a dark mystery of arbitrary omnipotence but the mystery...of the altogether good and merciful and faithful God.
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| Pauline Kael was a talented writer whom I read, even though I don't think I have anything in common with her. We are all products of our time, I suppose, so maybe there is that similarity. But in her time, virile men had hairy chests like peacock plu ...more | |
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This book was a curated set of Alexander Hamilton's Essays, Memoranda, and Letters, etc. One can't help being impressed by Hamilton's intelligence and work ethic. On the negative side, considering that Hamilton considered duels to be immoral because, ...more |
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| A lovely story of first love narrated by some middle-aged idiot, full of nostalgia, signifying how the fretted & strutted hours turn into days, weeks, months, & years. | |
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| A fun reid about a champion tennis player who defines herself as "the greatest tennis player of all time (male or female)." When actual events begin to invade her reality, she fights back with everything she's got. Carrie's mostly-wonderful relations ...more | |
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“Art involves forgetfulness of immediate ends; complete surrender to the inward impulse to give form to the beautiful idea or image of truth because it is beautiful.”
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“I have been told, both in approval and in accusation, that I seem to love all my characters.”
― The Collected Stories
― The Collected Stories
“If there are
No mountains,
I paint one.
(translated by John Minford)”
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No mountains,
I paint one.
(translated by John Minford)”
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