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“before he realized that making her happy made him happy. Which, he thought, as he grabbed his tennis shoes, had to be the very definition of love.”
― Lessons in Chemistry
― Lessons in Chemistry
“Every day she found parenthood like taking a test for which she had not studied. The questions were daunting and there wasn’t nearly enough multiple choice.”
― Lessons in Chemistry
― Lessons in Chemistry
“He’d not had much experience with families, but he’d always assumed that being part of one was important: a prerequisite for stability, what one relied on to get through the hard times. He’d never really considered that a family could actually be the hard times.”
― Lessons in Chemistry
― Lessons in Chemistry
“On the other hand, wasn't that the very definitely of life? Constant adaptations brought about by a series of never-ending mistakes?”
― Lessons in Chemistry
― Lessons in Chemistry
“Having a baby, Elizabeth realized, was a little like living with a visitor from a distant planet. There was a certain amount of give and take as the visitor learned your ways and you learned theirs, but gradually their ways faded and your ways stuck. Which she found regrettable. Because unlike adults, her visitor never tired of even the smallest discovery; always saw the magic in the extraordinary.”
― Lessons in Chemistry
― Lessons in Chemistry
Blooming Books: Reading for Growth (Self-Development Book Club)
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📚 #No.1 non-fiction group on Goodreads for self-development & growth! 👋 Welcome to Blooming Books, a cosy, reflective book club for curious minds. W ...more
Play Book Tag
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Welcome to PBT! We choose a "tag" (a theme) each month, and share, discuss, and review great books that fit the tag! The tag for February 2026 is l ...more
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