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"“He really had been through death, but he had returned because he could not bear the solitude.”" — Sep 02, 2023 12:27PM
"“He really had been through death, but he had returned because he could not bear the solitude.”" — Sep 02, 2023 12:27PM
self-assured, athletic, interested in all aspects of the world he inhabited, and he had a voracious appetite for action.
“What better occupation, really, than to spend the evening at the fireside with a book, with the wind beating on the windows and the lamp burning bright...Haven't you ever happened to come across in a book some vague notion that you've had, some obscure idea that returns from afar and that seems to express completely your most subtle feelings?”
― Madame Bovary
― Madame Bovary
“Disbelief is more resistant than faith because it is sustained by the senses.”
― Of Love and Other Demons
― Of Love and Other Demons
“Now I understand that one of the important reasons for going to college and getting an education is to learn that the things you've believed in all your life aren't true, and that nothing is what it appears to be.”
― Flowers for Algernon
― Flowers for Algernon
“Its easy to make frends if you let pepul laff at you.”
― Flowers for Algernon
― Flowers for Algernon
“At the bottom of her heart, however, she was waiting for something to happen. Like shipwrecked sailors, she turned despairing eyes upon the solitude of her life, seeking afar off some white sail in the mists of the horizon. She did not know what this chance would be, what wind would bring it her, towards what shore it would drive her, if it would be a shallop or a three-decker, laden with anguish or full of bliss to the portholes. But each morning, as she awoke, she hoped it would come that day; she listened to every sound, sprang up with a start, wondered that it did not come; then at sunset, always more saddened, she longed for the morrow.”
― Madame Bovary
― Madame Bovary
Ieva’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ieva’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Art, Business, Children's, Classics, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Romance, Self help, Spirituality, and Sports
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