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I acted not, as I most often did, as death’s enemy, but as its ambassador.
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“I saw then how I had changed. I did not mind anymore that I lost when we raced and I lost when we swam out to the rocks and I lost when we tossed spears or skipped stones. For who can be ashamed to lose to such beauty? It was enough to watch him win, to see the soles of his feet flashing as they kicked up sand, or the rise and fall of his shoulders as he pulled through the salt. It was enough.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“The lesson seems almost Zen: you live longer only when you stop trying to live longer.”
― Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
― Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
“I did not plan to live after he was gone.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“We reached for each other, and I thought of how many nights I had lain awake loving him in silence.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“This, I say. This and this. The way his hair looked in summer sun. His face when he ran. His eyes, solemn as an owl at lessons. This and this and this. So many moments of happiness, crowding forward.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
Genevieve’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Genevieve’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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43 friends
1,155 books
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82 friends
126 books
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11 friends
761 books
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42 friends
834 books
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11 friends
935 books
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31 friends
585 books
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40 friends
882 books
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58 friends
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