“Farewell! O Gandalf! May you ever appear where you are most needed and least expected!”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“Peace is always beautiful.”
― Leaves of Grass
― Leaves of Grass
“The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.”
― Seven Gothic Tales
― Seven Gothic Tales
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“People who dream when they sleep at night know of a special kind of happiness which the world of the day holds not, a placid ecstasy, and ease of heart, that are like honey on the tongue. They also know that the real glory of dreams lies in their atmosphere of unlimited freedom. It is not the freedom of the dictator, who enforces his own will on the world, but the freedom of the artist, who has no will, who is free of will. The pleasure of the true dreamer does not lie in the substance of the dream, but in this: that there things happen without any interference from his side, and altogether outside his control. Great landscapes create themselves, long splendid views, rich and delicate colours, roads, houses, which he has never seen or heard of...”
― Out of Africa
― Out of Africa
Alessandra’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alessandra’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Art, Classics, Crime, Fiction, Graphic novels, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Romance, Suspense, Thriller, and Young-adult
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