“Twenty-five chocolate chip cookies would be the perfect dinner.”
― Girl, Interrupted
― Girl, Interrupted
“»Y ahora una palabra de...» —¡Apáguelo! —exclamó Zerchi.”
― Cántico por Leibowitz
― Cántico por Leibowitz
“And should Armageddon come, should a foreign enemy someday shower the United States with nuclear warheads, laying waste to the whole continent, entombed within Cheyenne Mountain, along with the high-tech marvels, the pale blue jumpsuits, comic books, and Bibles, future archeologists may find other clues to the nature of our civilization—Big King wrappers, hardened crusts of Cheesy Bread, Barbeque Wing bones, and the red, white, and blue of a Domino’s pizza box.”
― Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
― Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
“It doesn't matter what we call your soul, Daddy Moses said, smiling at me. What matters is where it travels and who it uplifts.”
― The Book of Negroes
― The Book of Negroes
“I shall do this, not because I am noble or unselfish, but because life slips away, and because I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false to me, a compass that will not lie.”
― Cry, The Beloved Country
― Cry, The Beloved Country
Carissa’s 2025 Year in Books
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