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“But books were different. They had lots of blanks. Blanks between words and even between lines. I could squeeze myself in there and sit, or walk, or scribble down my thoughts. It didn’t matter if I had no idea what the words meant. Turning the pages was half the battle.”
― Almond
― Almond
“Make yourself a myth and live within it, so that you belong to no one but yourself.”
― The Gilded Wolves
― The Gilded Wolves
“Humbling women seems to me a chief pastime of poets. As if there can be no story unless we crawl and weep.”
― Circe
― Circe
“Books took me to places I could never go otherwise. They shared the confessions of people I'd never met and lives I'd never witnessed. The emotions I could never feel, and the events I hadn't experienced could all be found in those volumes.”
― Almond
― Almond
“History is a myth shaped by the tongues of conquerors.”
― The Gilded Wolves
― The Gilded Wolves
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claire’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at claire’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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