Later, when we were both in the grip of puberty, our mother said that since Ingrid was evidently getting all the bust, we could only hope I’d end up with the brains. We asked her which was better. She said it was better to have both or
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“In his forty-third year William Stoner learned what others, much younger, had learned before him: that the person one loves at first is not the person one loves at last, and that love is not an end but a process through which one person attempts to know another.”
― Stoner
― Stoner
“There is strange comfort in knowing that no matter what happens today, the Sun will rise again tomorrow.”
― 100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip
― 100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip
“For Kennedy the urge was to say "Can I go again?”
― Straight White Male
― Straight White Male
“The world wasn't lined up the right way for you.”
― Straight White Male
― Straight White Male
“After a while, however, it had dawned on her that this was life, what was happening right now.”
― Villa America
― Villa America
Madeleine’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Madeleine’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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