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Reading for the 6th time
read in July 2023
Austin Petrini said:
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This book didn't hit as hard as it had all the other times, that being said I still love and adore it, but it feels more like a 4.75 instead of a 5 star read now.
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“And you must know we do not really change over time; we are as flowers unfolding, we merely become more nearly ourselves.”
― The Queen of the Damned
― The Queen of the Damned
“You do have a story inside you; it lies articulate and waiting to be written — behind your silence and your suffering.”
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“Percy…” he said, his eyes never leaving Elizabeth. “Er, yes, Viscount?” “Piss off, there’s a good chap.”
― True Love Bites
― True Love Bites
“God, do you lose your reason with the Dark Trick," I asked, "with your rituals, your sealing up of the fledglings in the grave? Or were you monsters when you were living? How could we not all of us love mortals with every breath we take!”
― Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat
― Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat
“Lost siblings left a gap that hurt to touch, and I couldn't help remembering my own as I patted Kate Small's hand.”
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