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“His own men, those who would attack in the morning, knelt on the earth, faces hidden behind one hand, in an agonizing tunnel of their own, a darkness where there was no time but where they tried to look on death.”
― Birdsong
― Birdsong
“Some crime against nature is about to be committed. I feel it in my veins. These men and boys are grocers and clerks, gardeners and fathers - fathers of small children. A country cannot bear to lose them.”
― Birdsong
― Birdsong
“Dexter, I love you so much. So, so much, and I probably always will. I just don't like you anymore. I'm sorry.”
― One Day
― One Day
“Stephen watched the packets of lives with their memories and loves go spinning and vomiting into the ground. Death had no meaning, but still the numbers of them went on and on and in that new infinity there was still horror.”
― Birdsong
― Birdsong
“As he rounded the corner, he saw two dozen men, naked to the waist, digging a hole thirty yards square at the side of the path. For a moment he was baffled. It seemed to have no agricultural purpose; there was no more planting or ploughing to be done. Then he realized what it was. They were digging a mass grave. He thought of shouting an order to about turn or at least to avert their eyes, but they were almost on it, and some of them had already seen their burial place. The songs died on their lips and the air was reclaimed by the birds.”
― Birdsong
― Birdsong
Milly’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Milly’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
10 books
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7 friends
323 books
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4,899 friends
162 books
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11 friends
116 books
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10 friends
144 books
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12 friends
21 books
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2 friends
74 books
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3 friends
64 books
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4 friends
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