“You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread, Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you
all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.”
― Love After Love
Give wine. Give bread, Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you
all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.”
― Love After Love
“we loved with a love that was more than love I and my ANNABEL LEE”
― Annabel Lee
― Annabel Lee
“There will be a bird today. It will be white with streaks of gold like a crown atop its head. It will fly.”
― Shatter Me
― Shatter Me
“I go out
to the pale dunes, to look over
the empty spaces
of the wilderness.
For something is there,
something is there when nothing is there but itself,
that is not there when anything else is.”
― A Thousand Mornings: Poems
to the pale dunes, to look over
the empty spaces
of the wilderness.
For something is there,
something is there when nothing is there but itself,
that is not there when anything else is.”
― A Thousand Mornings: Poems
Manel’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Manel’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Romance, Thriller, and Young-adult
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