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“If you can feel that staying human is worth while, even when it can't have any result whatever, you've beaten them.”
― 1984
― 1984
“She always had her eyes set on the light. But Sade couldn’t take his off of the darkness, because the second he did, it would devour him, and then her.”
― Beg For Mercy
― Beg For Mercy
“I had a feeling from the beginning this young man was a politicker. He wanted authority. He was aiming to be a gothi one day. How do I know that? He talked too much. He wanted to be front and center at any event. He failed to internalize a key precept of ours, which is that if you make a show of seeking power, it will never be granted to you.”
― Packfire
― Packfire
“Sylvia kept writing to Louie, telling him of all they would do when he came home. “Darling, we will take the best of care for you,” she wrote. “You shall be ‘King Toots,’—anything your heart desires—(yes, even red heads and all).”
― Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
― Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
“Eliza," said George, "people that have friends, and houses, and lands, and money, and all those things, can't love as we do, who have nothing but each other. ... And your loving me,—why, it was almost like raising one from the dead! I've been a new man ever since! And now, Eliza, I'll give my last drop of blood, but they shall not take you from me. Whoever gets you must walk over my dead body.”
― Uncle Tom’s Cabin
― Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Lai’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Lai’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
192 books
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6 friends
208 books
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4 friends
265 books
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5 friends
114 books
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207 books
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37 friends
81 books
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3 friends
205 books
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4 friends
122 books
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1 friend
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