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“You threw me to the crows, but it turns out I prefer them to you.”
― Circe
― Circe
“The boy took his seat at one side of the fire, his men arrayed about him like the spikes on a porcupine's back, all bristling with spears.”
― In the Shadow of Ruin
― In the Shadow of Ruin
“Only that: we are here. This is what it means to swim in the tide, to walk the earth and feel it touch your feet. This is what it means to be alive.”
― Circe
― Circe
“I would say, some people are like constellations that only touch the earth for a season.”
― Circe
― Circe
“I breathe deeply and say over to myself: - 'You are at home. You are at home.' But a sense of strangeness will not leave me, I cannot feel at home amongst these things . . . I am not myself there. There is a distance, a veil between us.”
― All Quiet on the Western Front
― All Quiet on the Western Front
Modesty’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Modesty’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
5,944 books
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17 friends
244 books
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36 friends
221 books
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33 friends
19 books
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5 friends
13 books
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17 friends
4 books
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65 friends
23 books
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12 friends
1 book
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35 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Children's, Classics, Comics, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Manga, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Romance, Science, Science fiction, Self help, Suspense, Spirituality, Thriller, and Young-adult
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