

“It amazes me what humans can do, even when streams are flowing down their faces and they stagger on, coughing and searching, and finding.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief

“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
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“He lives down in a ribcage in the dry leaves of a heart.”
― The Silence of the Lambs
― The Silence of the Lambs

“That is where my dearest and brightest dreams have ranged — to hear for the duration of a heartbeat the universe and the totality of life in its mysterious, innate harmony.”
― Gertrude
― Gertrude

“In the 1960s, Valerie (Hobson) Profumo became the first show-business mother to talk publicly about Down’s syndrome. She was instrumental in founding Three Roses, England’s first charity to support families with Down’s children.”
― Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Nine Political Wives
― Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Nine Political Wives
Dierdre’s 2024 Year in Books
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