“It’s a human affliction to see what we want instead of what is really there.”
― Beautiful Ugly
― Beautiful Ugly
“It felt like the end of my world, but I soon learned that the rest of the world goes on spinning with or without you.”
― Beautiful Ugly
― Beautiful Ugly
“Based on the five senses. You concentrate on five things you can see. A calendar, for example. A photograph. Then four things you can touch or feel: your shoe, a book, anything within reach. Then three things you hear, two things you can smell, and one thing you can taste. What you are doing is giving your mind something to do other than surrender to the terror.”
― The River Is Waiting
― The River Is Waiting
“Hope springs eternal?”
― The River Is Waiting
― The River Is Waiting
“Sadness can consume a person if it is allowed to linger too long. It takes root and buries itself inside a person’s soul, until every thought is too heavy, too painful to think.”
― Beautiful Ugly
― Beautiful Ugly
Sally’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Sally’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Chick-lit, Classics, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Mystery, Non-fiction, Romance, Suspense, Thriller, and Young-adult
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