Karina
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“But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more.”
― The Little Mermaid
― The Little Mermaid
“In truth, Kipling's politics are not mine. But then, it would be a poor sort of world if one were only able to read authors who expressed points of view that one agreed with entirely. It would be a bland sort of world if we could not spend time with people who thought differently, and who saw the world from a different place.”
― The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction
― The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction
“The supernatural seems supernatural. But the science of tomorrow is the supernatural of today.”
― The Pale Horse
― The Pale Horse
“I would believe again if I could. In goodness. In magnificence. In simple benevolence. Yet even in these far and icy valleys, mankind is no different, just more poorly armed. Strip away psychrometer and sextant, carbines and glass plates, skin shifts and quills and painted faces, and we are the same. Quivering maws. Gluttonous. Covetous. Fearful. We say we worship. A word. A man-god. A fiery mountain. But we worship only ourselves. And we are jealous gods.”
― To The Bright Edge of the World
― To The Bright Edge of the World
“You can no more read the same book again than you can step into the same river.”
― The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction
― The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction
Karina’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Karina’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Favorite Genres
Chick-lit, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Young-adult, and cozy-mystery
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