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“But the Hebrew word, the word timshel—‘Thou mayest’— that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“If there is no love in the world, we will make a new world, and we will give it walls, and we will furnish it with soft, red interiors, from the inside out, and give it a knocker that resonates like a diamond falling to a jeweller's felt so that we should never hear it. Love me, because love doesn't exist, and I have tried everything that does.”
― Everything Is Illuminated
― Everything Is Illuminated
“It's never too late to have a happy childhood.”
― Still Life with Woodpecker
― Still Life with Woodpecker
“In the years since those days, people have asked me not only to remember the riots but also to explain them. How can I explain? I want you to understand: leaving my grandmother’s house was the first choice I made without my brother, the first choice I made alone. I decided how to proceed, but how little I remember, how little I know for certain. I have tried to retrace my own steps, to find where I made mistakes, to repair them. What could I have done differently to travel once more with my brother, to see Rajendran smoking at the top of the lane, to keep Nanthini Chelliah from becoming a widow? You must understand—or someday, I must understand: there was nothing I could have done.”
― Brotherless Night
― Brotherless Night
Mackenzie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mackenzie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
274 books
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564 friends
553 books
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485 friends
1,700 books
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1,316 friends
1,295 books
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7,395 friends
550 books
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685 friends
1,010 books
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1,885 friends
709 books
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237 friends
2,136 books
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927 friends
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