“But we aren’t defined by the names we carry or the religion we practice, or the nation whose flag flies over our heads. I know that now. We’re defined by who we are in our hearts, who we choose to be on this earth.”
― The Book of Lost Names
― The Book of Lost Names
“I’ve always thought that it’s those children—the ones who realize that books are magic—who will have the brightest lives.”
― The Book of Lost Names
― The Book of Lost Names
“This is what people don’t see, wrapped up in their cities, with the noise and the smoke, and their tiny boxes for houses. Up there you can breathe. You can’t hear the town talking and talking. No eyes on you, ’cept God’s. It’s just you and the trees and the birds and the river and the sky and freedom . . . Out there, it’s good for the soul.”
― The Giver of Stars
― The Giver of Stars
Sheryl’s 2025 Year in Books
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