... perhaps in the end the message of Armenians is more particular than mere persistence. Perhaps, if there exists a deeper possibility in the psyche of this ancient, sturdy, and minor race, it is this: the capacity of a people for proceeding beyond nationhood... To be an Armenian has meant that one has been... free to attempt the struggle of an ordinary life, and to dream more modest dreams, and to try to deal with one's dreams as best one could.
"The Passage to Ararat," by Michael J. Arlen
Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings, by Pema Chodron
Anna Akhmatova (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets), by Anna Akhmatova
IN FRENCH: Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo
WITH ROB: Shadow Puppets, by Orson Scott Card
The Practice of the Presence of God, and The Spiritual Maxims, by Brother Lawrence
Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith, by Anne Lamott
For Everything a Season: Simple Musings on Living Well, by Philip Gulley
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, by Chogyam Trungpa
Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness, by Chogyam Trungpa
If God Is Love: Rediscovering Grace in an Ungracious World, by Philip Gulley and James Mulholland
If Grace is True: Why God Will Save Every Person, by Philip Gulley and James Mulholland
The Tibetan Book of the Dead, translated by Francesca Fremantle and Chogyam Trungpa
The Silver Metal Lover, by Tanith Lee