“The difficulty of living alone is that any mess he makes he is forced to clean up himself.
No, the real difficulty of living alone is that no one cares if you are upset.”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
No, the real difficulty of living alone is that no one cares if you are upset.”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“No man is an island...”
― About a Boy
― About a Boy
“I think it is unnatural to think that there is such a thing as a blue-sky, white-clouded happy childhood for anybody. Childhood is a very, very tricky business of surviving it. Because if one thing goes wrong or anything goes wrong, and usually something goes wrong, then you are compromised as a human being. You're going to trip over that for a good part of your life.”
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Cannonball Readers
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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
Take a look at Melody’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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