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You told yourself there was an end to the worry. You told yourself it was sleeping through the night, then weaning from the breast, then walking then shoelaces then reading then algebra then sex then college admissions then you would be
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“Your absence has gone through me
Like thread through a needle.
Everything I do is stitched with its color. (M.S. Merwin, quoted in After Annie)”
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Like thread through a needle.
Everything I do is stitched with its color. (M.S. Merwin, quoted in After Annie)”
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“The writer writes the words. The given reader reads the words. And the book, the unique and unrepeatable book, doesn’t exist until the given reader meets the writer on the page.”
― How to Read a Book
― How to Read a Book
“The fact that his ire was aimed not at them, but at some nearby object that confounded him didn’t make it any easier to ignore; for quiet people, raised voices are experienced as a kind of aggression even when directed elsewhere.”
― Shy Creatures
― Shy Creatures
“People who care about each other don’t hurt each other or make each other feel small.”
― Island of Fire
― Island of Fire
“I liked being pregnant. I was good at it. Joe and I had decided that two was the right number of children, but once we’d had them for a while, we wanted more….a terrible extravagance we could in no way afford, but we did it anyway.”
― Tom Lake
― Tom Lake
Maureen’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Maureen’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
2,302 books
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3,926 friends
353 books
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7 friends
394 books
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78 friends
279 books
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17 friends
1 book
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2 friends
329 books
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4 friends
465 books
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55 friends
731 books
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34 friends
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