The Greeks have three words for love. The first is philia, the kind of love that involves liking and grows up between two people who enjoy each other’s company very much. The second is agape, the selfless love of parents for children or
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“I think life has simply decided to open the floodgates, trying to drown me in a whirlwind of twists and turns.”
― Red Queen
― Red Queen
“We never thought of ourselves as witches, my mother and I. For this was a word invented by men, a word that brings power to those who speak it, not those it describes. A word that builds gallows and pyres, turns breathing women into corpses.”
― Weyward
― Weyward
“Perhaps that was what he really had a problem with. That he could control her body, but not her mind.”
― Weyward
― Weyward
“Sadness is like stones that stack inside you, making it harder to move. Ignorance is my self-preservation tonic, and I’ll swear by it until I die.”
― When the Moon Hatched
― When the Moon Hatched
“He was a man, after all. He had no reason to think he would not be believed.”
― Weyward
― Weyward
Emily’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Emily’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Memoir, Romance, Suspense, Thriller, and Young-adult
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