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“You could never be a consolation prize, Captain. You’re like that giant purple carnival bear, as big as a fucking SUV, that costs a bazillion tickets. The one you knock yourself out trying to win by playing Whac-A-Mole and Shoot-the-Duck and whatever else you have to do so that you can bring it home.”
― Breathless
― Breathless
“A window of understanding opened in my mind , and the breeze of compassion blew in.”
― Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio
― Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio
“A life is made up of a great number of small incidents and a small number of great incidents”
― Going Solo
― Going Solo
“Ugh, this social stuff is so hard. It was much easier alone in my treehouse. Lonelier, but easier.”
― Every Soul a Star
― Every Soul a Star
“It’s not porn. It’s a romance book that happens to have a little bit of sex in it.”
― Icebreaker
― Icebreaker
Belle’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Belle’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Biography, Chick-lit, Comics, Crime, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Poetry, Psychology, Romance, Thriller, Young-adult, mental-health, mental-illness, realistic-fiction, true-crime, world-war-ii, nature, cozy-mystery, lgbt, bisexual, grief, and holocaust
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