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“In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“The chicken is a little dry and/or you've ruined my life.”
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“We told him to get on with it. We liked wasting time, but almost nothing was more annoying than having our wasted time wasted on something not worth wasting it on.”
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“A child, thought Carl, is not the only result of childbirth. A mother, too, is born. You see them every day--nondescript women with a bulge just above the groin, slightly double-chinned. Perpetually forty. Someone's mother, you think. There is a child somewhere who has made this woman into a mother, and for the sake of the child she has altered her appearance to better play the part.”
― Then We Came to the End
― Then We Came to the End
“Yet for all the depression no one ever quit. When someone quit, we couldn't believe it. 'I'm becoming a rafting instructor on the Colorado River,' they said. 'I'm touring college towns with my garage band.' We were dumbfounded. It was like they were from another planet. Where had they found the derring-do? What would they do about car payments? We got together for going away drinks on their final day and tried to hide our envy while reminding ourselves that we still had the freedom and luxury to shop indiscriminately.”
― Then We Came to the End
― Then We Came to the End
Sharon’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Sharon’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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165 friends
523 books
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136 friends
807 books
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1,724 books
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154 friends
462 books
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4,055 books
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513 friends
1,035 books
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147 friends
612 books
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58 friends
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