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Dangerous things, wishes. Sometimes they come to you when you call. Sometimes they fly away after biting you.”
“You know, song lyrics are something we never leave behind,” I say. “We carry them with us even when other memories fade.”
― The Warbler
― The Warbler
“The best thing about books, at least for me, is that favorites can feel like home. Yet they’re portable and replaceable. Any copy will do. Even more, once you’ve read them, they’re part of you. You don’t need the actual book anymore. You can let them go without letting them go. It’s a rare and beautiful loophole in the rules that govern my life, and I’m grateful for it.”
― The Warbler
― The Warbler
“There is always an unknown variable, and that unknown variable is often yourself. Embrace the mystery would be my advice. Embrace the impossibility of it all. Enjoy the not-knowing. Don’t rush to the wedding or the death or the amen.”
― The Life Impossible
― The Life Impossible
“The wisdom that comes with age was needling, he found, because it brought the clarity of hindsight without the means to change anything.”
― Buckeye
― Buckeye
“This bus smells like stale coffee and peanut butter, mixed with the familiar odors of exhaust and urine that have seeped into the plastic upholstery of every bus I’ve ever been on. I have a window seat, which is the way I like it. I watch the houses flicker by and imagine the lives of the people who live in them. Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, friends. I try to guess who is lonely and who wishes they were, based on only a glimpse:”
― The Warbler
― The Warbler
Jo’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jo’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
696 books
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125 friends
717 books
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5 friends
392 books
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13 friends
146 books
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25 friends
152 books
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10 friends
106 books
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15 friends
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