“Some birds are not meant to be caged, that’s all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.”
― Different Seasons
― Different Seasons
“After all, what can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out quite as we might have wished?”
― The Remains of the Day
― The Remains of the Day
“Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
“How odd I can have all this inside me and to you it’s just words.”
― The Pale King
― The Pale King
“I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss. I see the lives for which I lay down my life, peaceful, useful, prosperous and happy. I see that I hold a sanctuary in their hearts, and in the hearts of their descendants, generations hence. It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”
― A Tale of Two Cities
― A Tale of Two Cities
Rob’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Rob’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Classics, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Poetry, Psychology, Science fiction, Suspense, and Thriller
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