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“Still, there are times I am bewildered by each mile I have traveled, each meal I have eaten, each person I have known, each room in which I have slept. As ordinary as it all appears, there are times when it is beyond my imagination.”
― Interpreter of Maladies
― Interpreter of Maladies
“A change of environment is the traditional fallacy upon which doomed loves, and lungs, rely.”
― Lolita
― Lolita
“I know that right choices by definition are the means by which life crystallizes loss.”
― Rules of Civility
― Rules of Civility
“But people do things to survive, and then after they survive, they can't live with what they've done.”
― The Orphan Master's Son
― The Orphan Master's Son
“If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power. But if the citizens are educated and form their own opinions, then those in power work for us. In every country, we should be teaching our children the scientific method and the reasons for a Bill of Rights. With it comes a certain decency, humility and community spirit. In the demon-haunted world that we inhabit by virtue of being human, this may be all that stands between us and the enveloping darkness.”
― The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
― The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Lily’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Lily’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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81 friends
108 books
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832 books
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877 books
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870 books
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253 books
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97 books
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357 books
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77 friends
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