“Nothing so consumes a person as meaningless exertion”
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“The heavy smell of flower petals stroked the walls of my lungs.”
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“There's a special feeling you get on a veranda that you just can't get anywhere else.”
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“Thanks to the long days of rain, the blades of grass glowed with a deep-green luster, and they gave off the smell of wildness unique to things that sink their roots into the earth.”
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Ruth’s 2024 Year in Books
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