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“Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.”
― The Brooklyn Follies
― The Brooklyn Follies
“A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.”
― The Uses of Literature
― The Uses of Literature
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.”
― Rebecca
― Rebecca
“Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for?”
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Ruthie’s 2025 Year in Books
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Favorite Genres
Biography, Christian, Classics, Crime, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Religion, Romance, and Suspense
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