“I don’t like knowing people in the context of things. "Oh, that’s the person I work out with. That’s the person I’m in a book club with. That’s the person I did that show with." Because once the context ends, so does the friendship”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“We are a continuum of human experience, neither the worst nor the best thing we have ever done. Or, more exactly, we are both the best thing and the worst thing we’ve ever done. We are all of it, all at once, all the time.”
― How to Read a Book
― How to Read a Book
“A lack of self-confidence is a devastating virus. There’s no cure.”
― My Friends
― My Friends
“Books won't solve my problems, Harriet.'
'No, but they give your problems perspective. They allow your problems to breathe.”
― How to Read a Book
'No, but they give your problems perspective. They allow your problems to breathe.”
― How to Read a Book
“Nothing weighs more than someone else's belief in you.”
― My Friends
― My Friends
Catherine’s 2024 Year in Books
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