“I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.”
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“And besides, libraries aren't just about books. They are one of the few public spaces we have left which don't like our wallets more than us.”
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
“Very few of us are what we seem.”
― The Man in the Mist
― The Man in the Mist
“An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.”
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“The less you care, the freer you are.”
― Patti LuPone: A Memoir
― Patti LuPone: A Memoir
Emily’s 2025 Year in Books
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