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“It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.”
― Diary
― Diary
“But the first lesson reading teaches is how to be alone.”
― How to Be Alone
― How to Be Alone
“And Lot's wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and their homes had been. But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human. So she was turned into a pillar of salt. So it goes.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“Sometimes we have the absolute certainty there's something inside us that's so hideous and monstrous that if we ever search it out we won't be able to stand looking at it. But it's when we're willing to come face to face with that demon that we face the angel.”
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“So much for endings. Beginnings are always more fun. True connoisseurs, however, are known to favor the stretch in between, since it's the hardest to do anything with. That's about all that can be said for plots, which anyway are just one thing after another, a what and a what and a what.”
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Brit’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Brit’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
561 books
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62 friends
470 books
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42 friends
592 books
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35 friends
256 books
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27 friends
369 books
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4,997 friends
23 books
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14 friends
2 books
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41 friends
30 books
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44 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Chick-lit, Children's, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Memoir, Non-fiction, Poetry, Romance, Self help, and Young-adult
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