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Why are we so attached to the severities of the past? Why are we so proud of ourselves for having endured our fathers and our mothers, the fireless days and the meatless days, the cold winters and the sharp tongues? It’s not as if we had a
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“Uncompromising purpose and the search for eternal truth have an unquestionable sex appeal for the young and high-minded; but when a person loses the ability to take pleasure in the mundane--in the cigarette on the stoop or the gingersnap in the bath--she had probably put herself in unnecessary danger.”
― Rules of Civility
― Rules of Civility
“Tis not too late to seek a newer world.”
― The Narrow Road to the Deep North
― The Narrow Road to the Deep North
“He loved his family. But he was not proud of them. Their principal achievement was survival. It would take him a lifetime to appreciate what an achievement that was.”
― The Narrow Road to the Deep North
― The Narrow Road to the Deep North
“My disgraceful, wicked heart, thought Amy, is braver than the world. For a moment it seemed to Amy that there was nothing in the world she could not meet and vanquish. And though she knew this to be the most foolish idea, it excited and emboldened her further.”
― The Narrow Road to the Deep North
― The Narrow Road to the Deep North
“A happy man has no past, while an unhappy man has nothing else.”
― The Narrow Road to the Deep North
― The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Jackson’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jackson’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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110 friends
1,385 books
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393 books
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76 friends
462 books
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72 books
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136 books
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238 books
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53 books
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