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“... if he climbs just a little higher, he can escape, he can sail away and never come back. He can be Sparrow for ever. But of course, he's forgotten about the string, the one they tied around his leg. He's pulled it as taut as he can, higher and higher, further and further away from the city below, but he can never pull it far enough. He can never pull it until it breaks.”
― Sparrow
― Sparrow
“A spark embedded in a body meant for the use of others, shining for no one in the dark.”
― Sparrow
― Sparrow
“Instead, I have the freedom of the unremarkable, the powerless, and the insignificant.”
― Sparrow
― Sparrow
“A broken tool myself, I live in a house full of unread books and broken tools, the irreparable detritus of a dead empire. I am the last Roman, the emperor of junk.”
― Sparrow
― Sparrow
“A slave digs his own pit and stands in it, peering over the edge at everyone else's feet and counting himself lucky whenever they don't step on him.
That's what Aristotle thought, anyway.”
― Sparrow
That's what Aristotle thought, anyway.”
― Sparrow
Mathilda’s 2025 Year in Books
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12 friends
301 books
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189 books
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180 books
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143 books
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130 books
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40 books
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