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“Sweet, she thought. He must think I can't bear to hear him say it. That after all I have told him and after telling me how many feet I have, "goodbye" would break me to pieces. Ain't that sweet.
"So long," she murmured from the far side of the trees.”
― Beloved
"So long," she murmured from the far side of the trees.”
― Beloved
“He leans over and takes her hand. With the other he touches her face. ‘You your best thing, Sethe. You are.’ His holding fingers are holding hers.
‘Me? Me?”
― Beloved
‘Me? Me?”
― Beloved
“Let me tell you something. A man ain’t a goddamn ax. Chopping, hacking, busting every goddamn minute of the day. Things get to him. Things he can’t chop down because they’re inside.”
― Beloved
― Beloved
“But I been headin' in this direction for seven years. Walking all around this place. Upstate, downstate, east, west. I been to territory ain't got no name. Never stayin' nowhere long. But when I got here, and sat out there on the porch waitin' for you, I knew it wasn't the place I was headin' toward, it was you.”
― Beloved
― Beloved
Elysse’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Elysse’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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10 friends
345 books
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159 books
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147 books
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116 books
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2 books
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