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“We need never be ashamed of our tears.”
― Great Expectations
― Great Expectations
“Again, the troubling gap between word and meaning. My feeble language skills could not bear the weight of such a laden experience.”
― Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
― Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
“So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone.”
― Matilda
― Matilda
“Four years after my father's death, when the subject of parents came up in conversation i would relate the information in a flat, matter-of-fact tone eager to detect in my listener the flinch of grief that eluded me.”
― Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
― Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
“The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.”
― Matilda
― Matilda
Troy’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Troy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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55 friends
227 books
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35 friends
1,332 books
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115 friends
623 books
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516 friends
857 books
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44 friends
658 books
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101 friends
802 books
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28 friends
665 books
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153 friends
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