“Remember, Maya: the things we respond to at twenty are not necessarily the same things we will respond to at forty and vice versa. This is true in books and also in life.”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“You know everything you need to know about a person from the answer to the question, What is your favorite book?”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“It is the secret fear that we are unlovable that isolates us,” the passage goes, “but it is only because we are isolated that we think we are unlovable. Someday, you do not know when, you will be driving down a road. And someday, you do not know when, he, or indeed she, will be there. You will be loved because for the first time in your life, you will truly not be alone. You will have chosen to not be alone.”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“Sometimes books don't find us until the right time.”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“The most annoying thing about it is that once a person gives a shit about one thing, he finds he has to start giving a shit about everything.”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
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Cannonball Read is an annual, memorial book challenge to read and review 52, 26, or 13 books in a year, all while fundraising for the American Cancer ...more
Melody’s 2025 Year in Books
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