A library was a home to those who dreamt of better places, and this one was no exception.
“From experience, I can tell you that if you go around trying to figure out what’s fair in life or whether you deserve something or not, that’s a rabbit hole that is hard to climb out of.”
― Maybe in Another Life
― Maybe in Another Life
“To retrace as many moments of pain and regret and grief as there have been moments of beauty and grace and joy. To slow down enough to celebrate the wins and learn from the losses. To navigate all that I’m carrying here and now—noting what needs to be left behind so I can move forward a little lighter, a little freer.”
― The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters
― The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters
“He always said that books were more than words on paper; they were portals to other places, other lives.”
― The Lost Bookshop
― The Lost Bookshop
“All I will say is that you show up for your friends on their hardest days. And you hold their hand through the roughest parts. Life is about who is holding your hand and, I think, whose hand you commit to holding.”
― Daisy Jones & The Six
― Daisy Jones & The Six
“you will never truly be free of the grief. You know that it is something you must learn to live with, something you manage.”
― One True Loves
― One True Loves
Hillary’s 2025 Year in Books
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