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“We never look at just one thing; we are always looking at the relation between things and ourselves.”
― Ways of Seeing
― Ways of Seeing
“Freedom is a heavy load, a great and strange burden for the spirit to undertake. It is not easy. It is not a gift given, but a choice made, and the choice may be a hard one. The road goes upward towards the light; but the laden traveler may never reach the end of it.”
― The Tombs of Atuan
― The Tombs of Atuan
“The doors to the world of the wild Self are few but precious. If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if you have an old, old story, that is a door. If you love the sky and the water so much you almost cannot bear it, that is a door. If you yearn for a deeper life, a full life, a sane life, that is a door.”
― Women Who Run With the Wolves
― Women Who Run With the Wolves
“I thought also of another thing between us. Call it trust... That is one of its names. It is a very great thing. Though each of us alone is weak, having that we are strong, stronger than the powers of the dark.”
― The Tombs of Atuan
― The Tombs of Atuan
“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”
― The Cost of Living
― The Cost of Living
Marina’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Marina’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Art, Classics, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, History, Philosophy, Poetry, Spirituality, and Travel
Polls voted on by Marina
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