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“If you have to keep a secret it's because you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.”
― One Day
― One Day
“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
“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
“He wrote one more paragraph for his own sake, to see what he had to say.”
― Birdsong
― Birdsong
“She leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Leisel kissed her best friend, Rudy Steiner, soft and true on his lips. He tasted dusty and sweet. He tasted like regret in the shadows of trees and in the glow of the anarchist's suit collection. She kissed him long and soft, and when she pulled herself away, she touched his mouth with her fingers...She did not say goodbye. She was incapable, and after a few more minutes at his side, she was able to tear herself from the ground. It amazes me what humans can do, even when streams are flowing down their faces and they stagger on...”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
Milly’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Milly’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
137 books
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10 friends
313 books
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4,921 friends
114 books
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8 friends
144 books
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12 friends
21 books
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2 friends
69 books
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3 friends
57 books
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4 friends
37 books
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2 friends
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