“I don't understand this obsession with happiness," she said. "Happiness is like the Hollywood sign. It's big, it's unattainable, and even if you do make it up there, what's there to do but come back down?”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
“So if you’re the ‘wrong kind of woman,’ then I’m the wrong kind of man.”
― Book Lovers
― Book Lovers
“A book must start somewhere. One brave letter must volunteer to go first, laying itself on the line in an act of faith, from which a word takes heart and follows, drawing a sentence into its wake. From there, a paragraph amasses, and soon a page, and the book is on its way, finding a voice, calling itself into being.”
― The Book of Form and Emptiness
― The Book of Form and Emptiness
“Things are needy. They take up space. They want attention, and they will drive you mad if you let them.”
― The Book of Form and Emptiness
― The Book of Form and Emptiness
“That’s life. You’re always making decisions, taking paths that lead you away from the rest before you can see where they end. Maybe that’s why we as a species love stories so much. All those chances for do-overs, opportunities to live the lives we’ll never have.”
― Book Lovers
― Book Lovers
sarahersa’s 2025 Year in Books
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Art, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Manga, Mystery, Psychology, Romance, Self help, Spirituality, and Young-adult
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