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All I can say to the waters So faithfully drowning me was Thank you for holding me just under life And as tricky as it was to find footing I became a better swimmer Than you ever expected
“But she—her life was cold as a garret whose dormer window looks on the north, and ennui, the silent spider, was weaving its web in the darkness in every corner of her heart.”
― Madame Bovary
― Madame Bovary
“What was silent in the father speaks in the son, and often I found in the son the unveiled secret of the father.”
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“What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today.”
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“I have loved to the point of madness; that which is called madness, that which to me, is the only sensible way to love.”
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“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.”
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Marty’s 2025 Year in Books
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