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“It had no memory, therefore no guilt”
― The Things They Carried
― The Things They Carried
“I'd had no idea a human could feel so totally awful and not die.”
― Side Effects
― Side Effects
“Life is an accumulation of aches. They fill you up and take your breath away and you think you'll never breathe again, but before you know it, you are just words on paper, gone quiet and asleep until someone finds those words and reads them.”
― Breathless
― Breathless
“I stood with my arms folded, feeling the grip of sentiment and time.”
― The Things They Carried
― The Things They Carried
“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
Belle’s 2025 Year in Books
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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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