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“By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.”
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“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.”
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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
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“Adults follow paths. Children explore. Adults are content to walk the same way, hundreds of times, or thousands; perhaps it never occurs to adults to step off the paths, to creep beneath rhododendrons, to find the spaces between fences. I was a child, which meant that I knew a dozen different ways of getting out of our property and into the lane, ways that would not involve walking down our drive.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“If you want to really hurt you parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”
― A Man Without a Country
― A Man Without a Country
Jasmin’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jasmin’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Children's, Classics, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Horror, Manga, Mystery, Non-fiction, Poetry, Suspense, Travel, and Young-adult
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