Category Archives: Sunday Open Book
A Warning Hidden in a Letter
Today I enjoyed celebrating Labor Day with my parents, husband, and kids. When I got home, I couldn’t wait to read another chapter in Crime and Punishment, so I sat on my porch and began reading. I began noticing pretty quickly … Continue reading
“Man grows used to everything”
As I was reading the other day, a line from Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment stood out to me. Raskolnikov had wandered into a tavern and found himself listening to Marmeladov — a broken, alcoholic man recounting the wreckage of his … Continue reading
Sunday Open Book
This line has been sitting with me. Dostoevsky isn’t talking about fear of danger or failure — he’s naming the quieter fear that keeps a lot of people stuck: the fear of becoming someone new. The fear of stepping outside … Continue reading
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