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QUOTABLE QUOTES DIMITRIOS KAMBOURIS/GETTY IMAGES (RAE). VICTOR BOYKO/GETTY IMAGES (CARTER). FIONA GOODALL/GETTY IMAGES (MAHER) If your church isn’t telling you to love your enemies, but keeps telling you who your enemies are, you’re not really in a church. —John Fugelsang, broadcaster, in the book separation of church and hate I love Mondays, and the first of the year is like a super Monday for me. To be able to open a new journal was very exciting in the nerdiest way possible. —Issa Rae, actor, in time Take up space. Pitch it faster. Run harder. Put another plate on the bar. And never tone it down. —Ilona Maher, rugby player, at the 2025 espy aWards F.I.S.K.—a guide to romantic partners. I tell my kids that these are the essential ingredients you should look for in a mate: funny, interesting, smart and kind. ... Kind is highly underrated. But over the long haul, it pays off in dividends. —Graydon Carter, editor, in the book when the going was good A loaf of rye is rising out of itself, growing lighter as it takes up more of the world. In humans, we call this aging. In bread, we call it proof. —Ocean Vuong, poet, in the book time is a mother reader ’ s digest The RD List 136 August/september 2026 | reAdersdigest.com.Au Thank you for trusting us with your care Highly commended for hearing services 5 years running