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“The truth, Pekkala, is that beauty on this earth is set aside for the enjoyment of the few and comes at the cost of the suffering of the many. That is true for many things besides gold and pearls. It is true for the Tsarina, for example, although most of that suffering is”
― Archive 17
― Archive 17
“THE DAY WAS PERFECT: low eighties, bluebird sky, the slightest touch of a breeze. If the Minnesota August lasted all year, nobody would live anywhere else.”
― Gathering Prey
― Gathering Prey
“Home isn’t where you’re from, it’s where you find light when all grows dark.’ ”
― Golden Son
― Golden Son
“Only here had he come to understand that he was not a battleground—to be divided and conquered by his grandparents—but a garden, where each person who’d contributed to his existence longed to see that something of themselves had taken root and grown.”
― Children of God
― Children of God
Rise’s 2025 Year in Books
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753 books
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694 books
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