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Maria
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“We went down into the silent garden. Dawn is the time when nothing breathes, the hour of silence. Everything is transfixed, only the light moves.”
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“One must live as if it would be forever, and as if one might die each moment. Always both at once.”
― The Persian Boy
― The Persian Boy
“Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector.”
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“I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so made companionship with what there was around me, sometimes with the universe and sometimes with my own insignificant self; but my books were always my friends, let fail all else.”
― Sailing Alone around the World
― Sailing Alone around the World
“If only it were possible to love without injury – fidelity isn’t enough: I had been faithful to Anne and yet I had injured her. The hurt is in the act of possession: we are too small in mind and body to possess another person without pride or to be possessed without humiliation. In a way I was glad that my wife had struck out at me again – I had forgotten her pain for too long, and this was the only kind of recompense I could give her. Unfortunately the innocent are always involved in any conflict. Always, everywhere, there is some voice crying from a tower. ”
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Maria ’s 2025 Year in Books
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Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Classics, Cookbooks, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Music, Mystery, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Romance, Science, Suspense, Spirituality, Sports, Thriller, and Young-adult
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