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“Abiding happiness and peace are theirs who choose this study for its own sake, without expectation of any reward,”
― The Covenant of Water
― The Covenant of Water
“the daily fabric of a life was? I mean, when the time comes that we care. The Puritanism of my ancestors has not made use of conversation as a source of pleasure,”
― My Name Is Lucy Barton
― My Name Is Lucy Barton
“Wherever you go, whatever happens to you, it happens to me” is a line from e. e. cummings,”
― The Covenant of Water
― The Covenant of Water
“the real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes,”
― The Covenant of Water
― The Covenant of Water
“Black Hawk was taken on a tour of cities after his capture. I read his autobiography as soon as I could. And I remembered the line he said: “How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right.”
― My Name Is Lucy Barton
― My Name Is Lucy Barton
Barb’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Barb’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
147 books
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34 friends
1 book
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50 friends
1 book
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36 friends
225 books
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54 friends
80 books
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37 friends
444 books
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23 friends
48 books
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90 friends
337 books
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116 friends
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