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The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)

by Robert Jordan

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"i'm staring at the page, right, coping because they are basically sentencing my goat to DEATH.

I TURN THE PAGE.

ITS RANDS POV." — May 27, 2026 05:56AM

May 14, 2026 07:27AM

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Katabasis

by R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author)

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"nevermind the opening page/quote has just reminded me of babel. i can't do this." — Jan 04, 2026 02:16PM

Jan 04, 2026 02:14PM

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Christmas at the Ranch

by Julia McKay

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"bro my mom got a book package for christmas with all these interactive activities but shes forcing me to read this with her im praying theres like no smut or something 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭" — Dec 13, 2025 06:14AM

Dec 13, 2025 06:13AM

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melissa’s Quotes

“He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

tags: circe, greek-mythology, intimacy, love, odysseus, scars, vulnerability

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“The truth is, men make terrible pigs.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

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“please understand my unwillingness to trespass upon the Pony Expresspath; the sprinting Pony brother-couriers are Mercury-swift these days, and I would prefer that my obituary not read, “She was ingloriously run over by a fleet-footed fourteen-year-old.” If I am to have any choice in the matter, I would choose a less pedestrian death, thank-you-very-much.”
― Mark Dunn, Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters

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