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“Sweet, crazy conversations full of half sentences, daydreams and misunderstandings more thrilling than understanding could ever be.”
― Beloved
― Beloved
“Jack thought of his wife, filled with nothing but sorrow, wandering the earth remembering the dead and happier times.”
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“I think it's so foolish for people to want to be happy. Happy is so momentary--you're happy for an instant and then you start thinking again. Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous.”
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“I attempted briefly to consecrate myself in the public library, believing every crack in my soul could be chinked with a book.”
― The Poisonwood Bible
― The Poisonwood Bible
“The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. But education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society. The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason, but with no morals.”
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Phyllis’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Phyllis’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
436 books
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453 friends
42 books
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113 friends
464 books
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11 friends
5 books
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504 friends
402 books
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105 friends
67 books
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23 friends
77 books
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7 friends
1 book
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240 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Children's, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, and Young-adult
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