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Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest as long as I am living; you said I killed you—haunt me, then! The murdered do haunt their murderers, I believe. I know that ghosts have wandered on earth. Be with me always—take any form—drive me mad!
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“No woman can call herself free who does not control her own body.”
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“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. So medicine, law, business, engineering... these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love... these are what we stay alive for.”
― Leaves of Grass
― Leaves of Grass
“The earth laughs in flowers.”
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“If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.”
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“We're all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing.”
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Shelby’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shelby’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
488 books
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30 friends
321 books
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106 friends
136 books
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37 friends
106 books
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18 friends
158 books
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78 friends
174 books
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41 friends
454 books
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94 friends
40 books
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619 friends
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Favorite Genres
Adult Fiction, Art, Biography, Book Club, Classics, Cookbooks, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Romance, Science, Science fiction, Self help, Suspense, Spirituality, Thriller, and Travel
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