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“Time is the substance I am made of. Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire.”
― Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings
― Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings
“I am like a small creature swallowed whole by a monster, she thought, and the monster feels my tiny little movements inside.”
― The Haunting of Hill House
― The Haunting of Hill House
“Things without all remedy should be without regard: what's done is done.”
― Macbeth
― Macbeth
“Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while, a great wind carries me across the sky”
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“We die to each other daily. What we know of other people is only our memory of the moments during which we knew them. And they have changed since then. To pretend that they and we are the same is a useful and convenient social convention which must sometimes be broken. We must also remember that at every meeting we are meeting a stranger.”
― The Cocktail Party
― The Cocktail Party
Shannon’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shannon’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
246 books
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10 friends
729 books
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32 friends
31 books
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17 friends
220 books
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38 friends
181 books
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52 friends
87 books
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44 friends
4 books
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11 friends
90 books
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8 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Classics, Contemporary, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, and Travel
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