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“People shut their eyes to a distant tragedy saying there’s nothing they could do, yet they didn’t stand up for one happening nearby either because they’re too terrified. Most people could feel but didn’t act. They said they sympathized, but easily forgot. The way I see it, that was not real. I didn’t want to live like that.”
― Almond
― Almond
“From what I understood, love was an extreme idea. A word that seemed to force something undefinable into the prison of letters. But the word was used so easily, so often. People spoke of love so casually, just to mean the slightest pleasure or thanks.”
― Almond
― Almond
“To borrow Granny’s description, a bookstore is a place densely populated with tens of thousands of authors, dead or living, residing side by side. But books are quiet. They remain dead silent until somebody flips open a page. Only then do they spill out their stories, calmly and thoroughly, just enough at a time for me to handle.”
― Almond
― Almond
“Maybe understanding a language is like understanding the expressions and emotions of other people.”
― Almond
― Almond
“Everyone thinks "ordinary" is easy and all, but how many of them would actually fit into the so-called smooth road the word implied? It sure was a lot harder for me, someone who was not born ordinary. That didn't mean I was extraordinary. I was just a strange boy wandering around somewhere in between. So I decided to give it a try. To become ordinary.”
― Almond
― Almond
Frankie’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Frankie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,854 books
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64 friends
584 books
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61 friends
619 books
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5 friends
116 books
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8 friends
541 books
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35 friends
162 books
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14 friends
69 books
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6 friends
473 books
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64 friends
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