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Rahel
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"I think it's only fitting that this part of the Kristin-Rahel buddy read starts with an in-detail paragraph about pencils. Back to the roots <3" — Jul 26, 2026 12:24PM
"I think it's only fitting that this part of the Kristin-Rahel buddy read starts with an in-detail paragraph about pencils. Back to the roots <3" — Jul 26, 2026 12:24PM
Rahel
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"every decision made by characters so far feels like it should come with a little "this will have consequences" pop up.
anyway: really enjoying steinbeck's writing - the valley description in chapter one was breathtaking and he moves throughout the years with ease." — Jul 26, 2026 02:55PM
"every decision made by characters so far feels like it should come with a little "this will have consequences" pop up.
anyway: really enjoying steinbeck's writing - the valley description in chapter one was breathtaking and he moves throughout the years with ease." — Jul 26, 2026 02:55PM
Rahel
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(page 57 of 240)
""Speaking of excessive decorations in monasteries, Saint Bernard writes: 'Good Lord! If we aren't embarrassed by the silliness of it all, shouldn't we at least be disgusted by the expense?'"
Evergreen quote, right there." — Jul 27, 2026 02:04AM
""Speaking of excessive decorations in monasteries, Saint Bernard writes: 'Good Lord! If we aren't embarrassed by the silliness of it all, shouldn't we at least be disgusted by the expense?'"
Evergreen quote, right there." — Jul 27, 2026 02:04AM
“There were times, Sham felt, when the captains regretted there being only two types of limb they could lose to their obsessions.”
― Railsea
― Railsea
“But the Beatles turned out to be one of the things you couldn’t avoid, like alcohol, or death.”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
“A dark hand had let go its lifelong hold upon her heart. But she did not feel joy, as she had in the mountains. She put her head down in her arms and cried, and her cheeks were salt and wet. She cried for the waste of her years in bondage to a useless evil. She wept in pain, because she was free.”
― The Tombs of Atuan
― The Tombs of Atuan
“You are so good. So good, you’re always feeling so much. And sometimes it feels like you’re gonna bust wide open from all the feeling, doesn’t it? People like you are the best in the world, but you sure do suffer for it.”
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“No sapient could sustain happiness all of the time, just as no one could live permanently within anger, or boredom, or grief.”
― The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
― The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
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