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“Actors are by nature volatile—alchemic creatures composed of incendiary elements, emotion and ego and envy. Heat them up, stir them together, and sometimes you get gold. Sometimes disaster.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“Tante Isabelle says it’s better to be bold than meek. She says if you jump off a cliff at least you’ll fly before you fall.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
“That's just what translation is, I think. That's all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they're trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands.”
― Babel
― Babel
“If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: in love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
“Men tell stories. Women get on with it. For us it was a shadow war. There were no parades for us when it was over, no medals or mentions in history books. We did what we had to during the war, and when it was over, we picked up the pieces and started our lives over.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
Jake ’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jake ’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
805 books
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21 friends
639 books
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32 friends
28 books
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15 friends
201 books
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4 friends
8 books
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6 friends
98 books
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6 friends
21 books
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5 friends
261 books
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40 friends
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