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“Love is never any better than the lover. Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe. There is no gift for the beloved. The lover alone possesses his gift of love. The loved one is shorn, neutralized, frozen in the glare of the lover’s inward eye.”
― The Bluest Eye
― The Bluest Eye
“Many human beings say that they enjoy the winter, but what they really enjoy is feeling proof against it.”
― Watership Down
― Watership Down
“You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.”
― Catching Fire
― Catching Fire
“For God's sake, Larry, grow up. Develop a little self-righteousness. A lot of that is an ugly thing, God knows, but a little spread over all your scruples is an absolute necessity!”
― The Stand
― The Stand
“Better to stay alive," I said. "At least while there's a chance to get free." I thought of the sleeping pills in my bag and wondered just how great a hypocrite I was. It was so easy to advise other people to live with their pain.”
― Kindred
― Kindred
Lydia’s 2025 Year in Books
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