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“They dropped like flakes, they dropped like stars,
Like petals from a rose,
When suddenly across the lune
A wind with fingers goes.
They perished in the seamless grass,
No eye could find the place;
But God on his repealless list
Can summon every face”
―
Like petals from a rose,
When suddenly across the lune
A wind with fingers goes.
They perished in the seamless grass,
No eye could find the place;
But God on his repealless list
Can summon every face”
―
“This is how colonialism works. It convinces us that the fallout from resistance is entirely our fault, that the immoral choice is resistance itself rather than the circumstances that demanded it.”
― Babel
― Babel
“Beauty—unless she is wed to something more meaningful—is always superficial.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“In my mind are all the tides, their seasons, their ebbs and their flows.”
― Piranesi
― Piranesi
“I shall write it in my diary to-night.’
‘What?’
‘That a burnt child loves the fire.’
‘I am not even singed. My wings are untouched.’
‘You use them for everything, except flight.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
‘What?’
‘That a burnt child loves the fire.’
‘I am not even singed. My wings are untouched.’
‘You use them for everything, except flight.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
Emma’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Emma’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
786 books
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210 friends
2,015 books
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10 friends
881 books
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174 friends
690 books
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29 friends
237 books
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11 friends
777 books
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45 friends
461 books
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27 friends
376 books
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202 friends
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