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“The actual house not of beams and nails but of existence itself— is all of earth, with no door, no address separate from oceans or stars, or from pleasure or wretchedness either, or hope, or weakness, or
reed. How wonderful that the universe is beautiful in so many places and in so many ways.”
― Upstream: Selected Essays
reed. How wonderful that the universe is beautiful in so many places and in so many ways.”
― Upstream: Selected Essays
“The two of you, like headphone wires tangling, caught up in this something. A happy accident. A messy miracle.”
― Open Water
― Open Water
“In the summer, if I was up early, I liked to walk into the lake naked and lie on top of the water. I liked to watch the mist evaporate above me, my ears immersed so I could listen to the quiet hum of nature under water.”
― The Berry Pickers
― The Berry Pickers
“Evan rolled over, away from her. The light of dawn had yet to creep in through the cracks in the curtain. Sleep was still thick in the room.”
― Moon of the Crusted Snow
― Moon of the Crusted Snow
“Later I lay open-mouthed in bed, my arms flung wide at my sides to steady the whirling darkness. At this latitude I’m spinning 836 miles an hour round the earth’s axis; I often fancy I feel my sweeping fall as a breakneck arc like the dive of dolphins, and the hollow rushing of wind raises hair on my neck and the side of my face. In orbit around the sun I’m moving 64,800 miles an hour. The solar system as a whole, like a merry-go-round unhinged, spins, bobs, and blinks at the speed of 43,200 miles an hour along a course set east of Hercules.”
― Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
― Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Tzakouzi’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Tzakouzi’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Classics, Memoir, Mystery, Philosophy, Poetry, Self help, Spirituality, dystopia, Ecology, and Nature
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