“He’s always with me, he and all his beauty and his cruelty.”
― Complete Stories
― Complete Stories
“Love is like quick-silver in the hand, Sylvie. Leave the fingers open and it stays in the palm; clutch it, and it darts away.”
― Complete Stories
― Complete Stories
“They are sad books, filled with sad and skinless people. There are some who do not like such books. The world, too, is crowded with the sorrowful and the sensitive. There are many who do not like such a world.”
― The Collected Dorothy Parker
― The Collected Dorothy Parker
Shelly’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shelly’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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