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Vengeance incarnate. Wrath’s bruised heart. She would bow for no one.
“Her spirits were always at high-water mark, her tongue always going—singing, laughing, and plaguing everybody who would not do the same.”
― Wuthering Heights
― Wuthering Heights
“Here's to God Almighty, the laziest man in town." Strong stuff.”
― Jailbird
― Jailbird
“It may be that Ruth protected herself from dread of the gathering storm, or, more accurately, from dread of the gathering silence, by reverting during the daytime, when I was at work, to the Ophelia-like elation she had felt after her liberation-when she had thought of herself as a bird all alone with God.”
― Jailbird
― Jailbird
“Might wisdom be as impossible in this particular universe as a perpetual-motion machine?”
― Jailbird
― Jailbird
“What tender memories did I have of Sarah? Much talk about human suffering and what could be done about it- and then infantile silliness for relief. We collected jokes for each other, to use when it was time for relief. We became addicted to talking to each other on the telephone for hours. Those talks were the most agreeable narcotic I have ever known. We became disembodied-like free-floating souls on the planet Vicuna.”
― Jailbird
― Jailbird
Shannon’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shannon’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
34 books
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2 friends
1,500 books
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149 friends
67 books
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10 friends
63 books
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1 friend
85 books
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18 friends
53 books
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7 friends
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