“Where there’s a secret,’ she says, ‘there’s shame – and shame is something we can do without.”
― Foster
― Foster
“Why were the things that were closest so often the hardest to see?”
― Small Things Like These
― Small Things Like These
“Their tenderness was hesitant and temporary, like a butterfly pausing on a child’s hand.”
― In Memoriam
― In Memoriam
“You’re not afraid of dying, Henry. You’re just opposed to killing. That isn’t cowardice.”
― In Memoriam
― In Memoriam
“It seems unfair, doesn't it? Our parents got to live their whole lives without anything like this."
"Busily building up the world that led to this.”
― In Memoriam
"Busily building up the world that led to this.”
― In Memoriam
Melody’s 2025 Year in Books
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