“Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with someone else's imagination after a day that's all too real.”
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“There are some works so luminous...so powerful that they give us strength, and force us to new undertakings. A book can play this role.”
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Cristal’s 2025 Year in Books
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