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"Naples, 6th June 1939
'I’m sitting on a balcony with the whole Bay of Naples below me, on the fourth floor – and watching the twilight come sweeping in over Vesuvius. It’s so beautiful it’s positively alarming to think of all the lovely things that come to us undeserved.'
Michael Monroe, 'Harmony of the Wind'" — May 26, 2020 11:41PM
"Naples, 6th June 1939
'I’m sitting on a balcony with the whole Bay of Naples below me, on the fourth floor – and watching the twilight come sweeping in over Vesuvius. It’s so beautiful it’s positively alarming to think of all the lovely things that come to us undeserved.'
Michael Monroe, 'Harmony of the Wind'" — May 26, 2020 11:41PM
“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
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“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
― The Lathe of Heaven
― The Lathe of Heaven
“Happiness is a warm puppy.”
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“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
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“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
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Jola’s 2025 Year in Books
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Art, Biography, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Fiction, Graphic novels, History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Poetry, Travel, and Diaries
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