Kalina
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“The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude; to lose itself in mazes of inward contemplation. The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace.”
― The Awakening
― The Awakening
“The world is a wonderfully weird place, consensual reality is significantly flawed, no institution can be trusted, certainty is a mirage, security a delusion, and the tyranny of the dull mind forever threatens -- but our lives are not as limited as we think they are, all things are possible, laughter is holier than piety, freedom is sweeter than fame, and in the end it's love and love alone that really matters.”
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“I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you. I knew this was going to happen. So I’m not blaming you for falling in love with another woman. I’m not angry, either. I should be, but I’m not. I just feel pain. A lot of pain. I thought I could imagine how much this would hurt, but I was wrong.”
― South of the Border, West of the Sun
― South of the Border, West of the Sun
“Society had a crime problem. It hired cops to attack crime. Now society has a cop problem.”
― Still Life with Woodpecker
― Still Life with Woodpecker
“Slavic peoples get their physical characteristics from potatoes, their smoldering inquietude from radishes, their seriousness from beets.”
― Jitterbug Perfume
― Jitterbug Perfume
Kalina’s 2025 Year in Books
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Adult Fiction, Art, Book Club, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Psychology, Romance, Self help, Suspense, Thriller, and Young-adult
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