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Reading for the 3rd time
read in April 2023
“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many counts...but you cannot deny he's got style...”
― Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
― Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”
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“I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong.”
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“The dreams we are chasing and the reality that is chasing us are always parallel; they never meet.”
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Carmen’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Carmen’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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