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“There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.”
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“The suspense: the fearful, acute suspense: of standing idly by while the life of one we dearly love, is trembling in the balance; the racking thoughts that crowd upon the mind, and make the heart beat violently, and the breath come thick, by the force of the images they conjure up before it; the desperate anxiety to be doing something to relieve the pain, or lessen the danger, which we have no power to alleviate; the sinking of soul and spirit, which the sad remembrance of our helplessness produces; what tortures can equal these; what reflections of endeavours can, in the full tide and fever of the time, allay them!”
― Oliver Twist
― Oliver Twist
“Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.”
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“The truth is that as soon as we are no longer obliged to earn our living, we no longer know what to do with our life and recklessly squander it.”
― Journals 1889-1949
― Journals 1889-1949
“I never do enjoy my breaks, long or short...I look forward to them intensely, but as soon as they begin, I can feel them starting to end. I feel the temporariness of my freedom, and find it hard to concentrate on anything other than the sensation of it trickling away.”
― The Wrong Mother
― The Wrong Mother
Kristen’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Kristen’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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956 books
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