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“it always hurts more to have and lose than to not have in the first place.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“I want to tear myself from this place, from this reality, rise up like a cloud and float away, melt into this humid summer night and dissolve somewhere far, over the hills. But I am here, my legs blocks of concrete, my lungs empty of air, my throat burning. There will be no floating away.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“I'm so afraid. Because I'm so profoundly happy. Happiness like this is frightening...They only let you this happy if they're preparing to take something from you.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“People say that eyes are windows to the soul.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“Man...heats up like a lightbulb: red hot in the twinkling of an eye and cold again in a flash. The female, on the other hand...heats up like an iron. Slowly, over a low heat, like tasty stew. But then, once she has heated up, there's no stopping her.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
Queenie’s 2025 Year in Books
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