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“I think of the story of Hachikō the Akita, who used to go to Tokyo’s Shibuya Station to meet the train that brought his master home from work every day—until one day the man died suddenly and Hachikō waited in vain. But the next day, and every day after that, for nearly ten years, the dog appeared at the station to meet the train at the usual hour.”
― The Friend
― The Friend
“I like that the Aborigines say dogs make people human”
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― The Friend
“Any writer worth his salt knows that only a small proportion of literature does more than partly compensate people for the damage they have suffered in learning to read. Rebecca West.”
― The Friend
― The Friend
“What we miss—what we lose and what we mourn—isn’t it this that makes us who, deep down, we truly are. To say nothing of what we wanted in life but never got to have.”
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― The Friend
Karyn’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Karyn’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Children's, Classics, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Fiction, History, Horror, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Suspense, Thriller, Travel, and Young-adult
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