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She grew up dirt-poor, so her favorites are her favorites because she hasn’t experienced anything better.
“If you can't be free, be a mystery.”
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“Let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism, to rain on the roof and instant coffee, to unemployment insurance and library cards, to absinthe and good-hearted landlords, to music and warm bodies and contraceptives... and to the "good life", whatever it is and wherever it happens to be.”
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman
“I don’t know if you or I exist, but somewhere there are poems about us.”
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“And men said that the blood of the stars flowed in her veins”
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“So my mother was one of the few people on the island who could hear foghorns at night and seagulls in the morning, and being responsible for so much listening made her a very quiet person.”
― The Seas
― The Seas
Alyson’s 2025 Year in Books
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