“The things we do outlast our mortality. The things we do are like monuments that people build to honor heroes after they've died. They're like the pyramids that the Egyptians built to honor the pharaohs. Only instead of being made of stone, they're made out of the memories people have of you.”
― Wonder
― Wonder
“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”
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“Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know.”
― A Reading Diary: A Passionate Reader's Reflections on a Year of Books
― A Reading Diary: A Passionate Reader's Reflections on a Year of Books
“It was precisely these scenes he missed the most from his own life with Willem, the forgettable, in-between moments in which nothing seemed to be happening but whose absence was singularly unfillable.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
“It's not the changes that will break your heart; it's that tug of familiarity.”
― The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
― The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
Hillary’s 2025 Year in Books
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