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Babette is Currently Reading

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Hummingbird Salamander

by Jeff Vandermeer (Goodreads Author)

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Aug 11, 2021 07:46PM

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War Factory: Transformations Book Two

by Neal Asher (Goodreads Author)

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The Ninth Metal (The Comet Cycle, #1)

by Benjamin Percy (Goodreads Author)

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Babette’s Quotes

“Every phrase and every sentence is an end and a beginning, every poem an epitaph.”
― T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets

tags: beginnings-and-endings, death, poetry

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“To read a poem in January is as lovely as to go for a walk in June.”
― Jean Paul

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“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

tags: books, literature, philosphy, poetry, reading

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“My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Aunt Frances”
― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

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“My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn.”
― Louis Adamic

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