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“I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
“Unlike so many of my friends, I did not ache with longing whenever I saw an infant. (Though I did ache with longing, it is true, whenever I saw a good used-book shop.)”
― Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
― Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
“I’ve seen how you can’t learn anything when you’re trying to look like the smartest person in the room.”
― The Poisonwood Bible
― The Poisonwood Bible
“Light refracted off crystal platters piled with blooms the bright color of new blood, and flickering diyas cast smoke against the mirrors, leaving the halls a snarl of mist and petals. I touched the sharp corners. I like the feeling of stone beneath my fingers, of something that pushed back to remind me of my own solidity.”
― The Star-Touched Queen
― The Star-Touched Queen
“How happy I am that my heart can feel the simple, harmless bliss of the person who brings to his table a cabbage he has grown himself, not just the cabbage alone but all the good days, the beautiful morning he planted it, the lovely evenings he watered it, and as he had his joy in its advancing growth, he enjoys it all again in the one moment.”
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Colin’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Colin’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
394 books
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35 friends
4 books
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6 friends
396 books
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1,454 friends
540 books
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1 friend
24 books
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3 friends
39 books
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3 friends
38 books
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6 friends
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