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“I hammered on the Poes' front door like Alaric on the gates of Rome. Poe said that a gaudy figure of speech was a silk cravat around a dirty neck. He didn't say whether the truth lay in the plain thing or in its fancy.”
― The Port-Wine Stain
― The Port-Wine Stain
“All shadows of clouds the sun cannot hide
like the moon cannot stop oceanic tide;
but a hidden star can still be smiling
at night's black spell on darkness, beguiling”
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like the moon cannot stop oceanic tide;
but a hidden star can still be smiling
at night's black spell on darkness, beguiling”
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“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”
― An Ideal Husband
― An Ideal Husband
“I wish to spend a lifetime near a lighthouse where loneliness will be the glimmer of luminous prancing upon ocean waves… rising and falling only for my breathing.”
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“Certainty. Life's last and kindest gift.”
― Life is Elsewhere
― Life is Elsewhere
Rachel’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Rachel’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Favorite Genres
Biography, Classics, Crime, Ebooks, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, and Suspense
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