Tara Ryan-Gallagher
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“Some books you don’t read so much as live, and finishing one of those always makes me think of ascending from a scuba dive. Like if I surface too fast I might get the bends.”
― Book Lovers
― Book Lovers
“In the context of tragedy, all polite behavior is self-denial.”
― Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays
― Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays
“I’m always amazed at how books find us at the time we need them, as if there’s some omniscient, benevolent librarian in the sky.”
― Black Swans
― Black Swans
“I believed what my father told me. Stories do more than comfort. They take you away and bring you back better made.”
― Wandering Stars
― Wandering Stars
Tara’s 2025 Year in Books
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