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“There was no time for kissing but she wanted him to know that in the future there would be. A kiss in so much loneliness was like a hand pulling you up out of the water, scooping you up from a place of drowning and into the reckless abundance of air. A kiss, another kiss.”
― Bel Canto
― Bel Canto
“... the state of rapture I experience when I read a wonderful book
is one of the main reasons I read;
but it doesn't happen every time
or even every other time,
and when it does happen,
I am truly beside myself.
”
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is one of the main reasons I read;
but it doesn't happen every time
or even every other time,
and when it does happen,
I am truly beside myself.
”
―
“And now...farewell to kindness, humanity and gratitude. I have substituted myself for Providence in rewarding the good; may the God of vengeance now yield me His place to punish the wicked.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“If what a person wants is his life, he tends to be quiet about wanting anything else. Once the life begins to seem secure, one feels the freedom to complain.”
― Bel Canto
― Bel Canto
“He realized now he was only just beginning to see the full extent to which it was his destiny to follow, to walk blindly into fates he could never understand. In fate there was reward, in turning over one's heart to God there was a magnificence that lay beyond description. At the moment one is sure that all is lost, look at what is gained!”
― Bel Canto
― Bel Canto
Renae’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Renae’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
850 books
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46 friends
1,944 books
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89 friends
60 books
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20 friends
1,883 books
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114 friends
712 books
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118 friends
1,042 books
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36 friends
1,815 books
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287 friends
18,870 books
|
137 friends
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