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Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it’s a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it’s a way of making contact with someone else’s imagination after a day that’s all too real. Reading is grist.
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“Nearly every guy I’ve dated believed they should already be famous”
― Writers & Lovers
― Writers & Lovers
“There’s a particular feeling in your body when something goes right after a long time of things going wrong. It feels warm and sweet and loose. I feel all that as I hold the phone and listen to Manolo talk about W-4s and the study hall schedule and my mailbox combination and faculty parking. For a moment all my bees have turned to honey.”
― Writers & Lovers
― Writers & Lovers
“When we read The Aeneid he pauses on a line then reads it again: ‘Someday we will remember even these our hardships with pleasure.”
― Heart the Lover
― Heart the Lover
“Nostalgia: Greek compound combining nostos (homecoming) and álgos (pain). The literal Greek translation for nostalgia is “pain from an old wound.”
― Ghosts
― Ghosts
Ava M’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ava M’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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