“It was always wise to be polite to books, whether or not they could hear you.”
― Sorcery of Thorns
― Sorcery of Thorns
“Few people knew how much I was struggling both emotionally and financially, because I didn’t talk to anyone about it or even understand how bad off I was.”
― Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth
― Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth
“She now understood that the world wasn’t kind to young women, especially when they behaved in ways men didn’t like, and spoke truths that men weren’t ready to hear.”
― Sorcery of Thorns
― Sorcery of Thorns
“All may see the stars, but few will see their forebears.”
― Mirage
― Mirage
“History is not what happened, but what survives the shipwrecks of judgment and chance.”
― Figuring
― Figuring
Alyssa’s 2025 Year in Books
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