“And Lot's wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and their homes had been. But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human. So she was turned into a pillar of salt. So it goes.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“And so it goes...”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“I am a Tralfamadorian, seeing all time as you might see a stretch of the Rocky Mountains. All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
Shelby’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shelby’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Classics, Comics, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, History, Horror, Mystery, Poetry, Romance, Thriller, Young-adult, and Nonfiction
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