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“People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.”
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“Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.”
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“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.”
― Rebecca
― Rebecca
“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”
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“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.”
― Atlas Shrugged
― Atlas Shrugged
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Mary’s 2025 Year in Books
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