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“the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat”
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“I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul.”
― A Tale of Two Cities
― A Tale of Two Cities
“She wouldn't say what we both knew. 'The reason you will not say it is, when you say it, even to yourself, you will know it is true: is that it? But you know it is true now. I can almost tell you the day when you knew it is true. Why won't you say it, even to yourself?' She will not say it.”
― As I Lay Dying
― As I Lay Dying
“Henry James was one of the nicest old ladies I ever met.”
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“a fellow is more afraid of the trouble he might have than he ever is of the trouble he's already got. He'll cling to trouble he's used to before he'll risk a change. Yes. A man will talk about how he'd like to escape from living folks. But it's the dead folks that do him the damage. It's the dead ones that lay quiet in one place and dont try to hold him, that he cant escape from.”
― Light in August
― Light in August
Don’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Don’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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