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A quotation from Montesquieu

To delight in reading is to trade life’s dreary moments for moments of pure joy.
 
[Aimer à lire, c’est faire un échange des heures d’ennui que l’lon doit avoir en sa vie contre des heures délicieuses.]

Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
Pensées Diverses [Assorted Thoughts], # 1632 / 1143 (1720-1755) [ed. Guterman (1963)]

Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/montesquieu/78314/

DATE: August 07, 2025 at 02:39PM
SOURCE: LIVE, DAMMIT BLOG

TITLE: Why I Write

URL: livedammit.com/why-i-write/?ut

TRIGGER WARNING: Blog may contain sometimes difficult descriptions of survivor stories.

By Sarah VanBlarcom I feel like I have a secret, but I’m not quite sure what it is. All I know is that somehow, I’ve not only survived, but am thriving at life, and somewhere inside of me lies the secret for how that is possible. I’ve always wanted to write my story, but life […]

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One of the gifts one encounters in being a minister is the opportunity to administer the sacraments to your own children. Today I baptized my daughter Eden and spoke those precious words to her: “For you Jesus Christ came into the world; for you he died and for you he conquered death; All this he did for you, little one, though you know nothing of it as yet.
We love because God first loved us.”

May you all live your lives with the joy and silliness with which my mother spent hers. To celebrate her birthday this year, I show you my favorite photo of her and her baby sister (19 years younger!). This was taken on mom’s 80th birthday (she lived to 93!) The pink feather boa was from my son for her birthday.

Happy Birthday, Mom!