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old towels, ancient bars of Ivory and Lava soaps, cotton swabs, metallic curlers, red eyeliner pencils, papyrus that used to be rolls of toilet paper, empty tubes of bubble bath, and sanitary napkins thick enough to take a bullet.
“For every runner who tours the world running marathons, there are thousands who run to hear the leaves and listen to the rain, and look to the day when it is suddenly as easy as a bird in flight.”
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“maybe death
isn't darkness, after all,
but so much light
wrapping itself around us--”
― Owls and Other Fantasies: Poems and Essays
isn't darkness, after all,
but so much light
wrapping itself around us--”
― Owls and Other Fantasies: Poems and Essays
“Beware of the tendency to preach about Christianity, and try to preach Christ.”
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“Most of all I remember that what begins with drums and fife, flags and bunting, becomes too swiftly a long and grey winter of the spirit.”
― The Summer Before the War
― The Summer Before the War
“My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
It gives a lovely light!”
― A Few Figs from Thistles
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
It gives a lovely light!”
― A Few Figs from Thistles
Kim’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Kim’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
233 books
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80 friends
297 books
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5 friends
54 books
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39 friends
125 books
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3 friends
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