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“It was the particular feel of him that made me want to go back: everything that is said is said underneath, where, if it does matter, to acknowledge it is to let on to your embarrassment. That I love you makes me want to run and hide.”
― The Body: An Essay
― The Body: An Essay
“Loneliness, longing, does not mean one has failed, but simply that one is alive.”
― The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
― The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
“The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.”
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“Love is a quiet, reassuring, relaxing, pottering, pedantic, harmonious hum of a thing; something you can easily forget is there, even though its palms are outstretched beneath you in case you fall.”
― Everything I Know About Love
― Everything I Know About Love
“Measure the hate you feel now, and the shame. That quantity is your capacity also to love and to feel joy and to have compassion.”
― I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
― I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
hayley’s 2025 Year in Books
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570 books
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362 books
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376 books
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438 books
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600 books
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