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“After a few months in my parents' basement, I took an apartment near the state university, where I discovered both crystal methamphetamine and conceptual art. Either one of these things are dangerous, but in combination they have the potential to destroy entire civilizations.”
― Me Talk Pretty One Day
― Me Talk Pretty One Day
“One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.”
― Everything is Illuminated
― Everything is Illuminated
“. . . I lay on the bed and lost myself in the stories.
I liked that. Books were safer than other people anyway.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
I liked that. Books were safer than other people anyway.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
― To Kill a Mockingbird
― To Kill a Mockingbird
“It seemed to travel with her, to sweep her aloft in the power of song, so that she was moving in glory among the stars, and for a moment she, too, felt that the words Darkness and Light had no meaning, and only this melody was real.”
― A Wrinkle in Time
― A Wrinkle in Time
Emily Polhamus’s 2025 Year in Books
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