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“Water flows from high places to low places. That is the nature of gravity. Emotions also seem to act according to gravity. When in the presence of someone with whom you have a bond, and to whom you have entrusted your feelings, it is hard to lie and get away with it. The truth just wants to come flowing out. This is especially the case when you are trying to hide your sadness or vulnerability. It is much easier to conceal sadness from a stranger, or from someone you don’t trust.”
― Before the Coffee Gets Cold
― Before the Coffee Gets Cold
“no matter what difficulties people face, they will always have the strength to overcome them. It just takes heart.”
― Before the Coffee Gets Cold
― Before the Coffee Gets Cold
“It’s one thing to be looked at, and another to be seen.”
― Open Water
― Open Water
“You know that to love is both to swim and to drown. You know to love is to be a whole, partial, a joint, a fracture, a heart, a bone. It is to bleed and heal. It is to be in the world, honest. It is to place someone next to your beating heart, in the absolute darkness of your inner, and trust they will hold you close. To love is to trust, to trust is to have faith. How else are you meant to love? You knew what you were getting into, but taking the Underground, returning home with no certainty of when you will see her next, it is terrifying.”
― Open Water
― Open Water
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Vanessa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Vanessa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
431 books
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4 friends
107 books
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2 friends
278 books
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19 friends
24 books
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5,001 friends
544 books
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33 friends
551 books
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3 friends
171 books
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1 friend
3 books
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1 friend
Favorite Genres
Biography, Business, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Self help, Spirituality, and Sports
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