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“...when everything else fails, we communicate in the language of the stars”
― Eva Luna
― Eva Luna
“I didn’t want to be saved from myself. Nobody does! All we want is permission to stand there naked and be our damned selves.”
― The Wedding People
― The Wedding People
“I could never work out whether we were to view religion as a life-insurance policy or a life sentence. I can understand a wrathful God who'd just as soon dangle us all from a hook. And I can understand a tender, unprejudiced Jesus. But I could never quite feature the two of them living in the same house. You wind up walking on eggshells, never knowing which... is at home at the moment.”
― The Poisonwood Bible
― The Poisonwood Bible
“Your husband is not going to take care of you the way you think,” Phoebe says. “Nobody can take care of you the way you need to take care of yourself. It’s your job to take care of yourself like that.”
― The Wedding People
― The Wedding People
“All you can do, Rosemary – all any of us can do – is work to be something positive instead. That is a choice that every sapient must make every day of their life. The universe is what we make of it. It’s up to you to decide what part you will play.”
― The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
― The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Jackie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jackie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
4,872 books
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3 friends
1,030 books
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66 friends
471 books
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12 friends
1,335 books
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31 friends
Favorite Genres
Classics, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Paranormal, Romance, Science fiction, Suspense, Thriller, Young-adult, Dystopian, and Sapphic
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