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felt the old beat of pleasure inside his body, like watching a perfect goal, like the rustling movement of light through leaves, a phrase of music from the window of a passing car. Life offers up these moments of joy despite everything.
“Enjoy what you can. Endure what you must.”
― The Girl from Berlin
― The Girl from Berlin
“I always thought it was what I wanted: to be loved and admired. Now I think perhaps I’d like to be known.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
“In love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are. Today’s young people want to know everything about everyone. They think talking about a problem will solve it. I come from a quieter generation. We understand the value of forgetting, the lure of reinvention.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
“Everything had begun with such promise. And then, like a windshield chipped by a tiny pebble, the chip turned into deep cracks that spread until there was nothing left to repair.”
― The Last Mrs. Parrish
― The Last Mrs. Parrish
Maie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Maie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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117 books
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306 books
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236 books
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266 books
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502 books
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171 books
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153 books
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