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“The words were on their way, and when they arrived, she would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out like the rain.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
“It was his subconscious which told him this---that infuriating part of a person's brain which never responds to interrogation, merely gives little meaningful nudges and then sits humming quietly to itself, saying nothing.”
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
“If the communication is perfect, the words have life, and that is all there is to good writing, putting down on the paper words which dance and weep and make love and fight and kiss and perform miracles.”
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“Just because you're naked doesn't mean you're sexy. Just because you're cynical doesn't mean you're cool.”
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“She had understood all that he had said, with no way of knowing what he meant. It was as though he himself existed here in this town in this state in translation, ambiguous, slightly wrong, too highly colored or wrongly nuanced. Within him was the original, which no one could read.”
― The Translator: A Historical Romance Between an Exiled Russian Poet and His American Translator During the Cuban Missile Crisis
― The Translator: A Historical Romance Between an Exiled Russian Poet and His American Translator During the Cuban Missile Crisis
Jenny’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jenny’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
180 books
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49 friends
479 books
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24 friends
118 books
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132 friends
308 books
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31 friends
794 books
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169 friends
437 books
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108 friends
171 books
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18 friends
675 books
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22 friends
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