He gave me a big bear hug. I know he meant it to be nice, but it felt embarrassing, like pity. I was so hungover and dizzy I could’ve cried in his arms or punched him in the face.
“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
“Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning. ”
― Peter Pan
― Peter Pan
“All morons hate it when you call them a moron.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“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
“The words were on their way, and when they arrived, she would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out like the rain.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
Madeleine’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Madeleine’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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