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“We are only lightly covered with buttoned cloth; and beneath these pavements are shells, bones and silence.”
― The Waves
― The Waves
“Happiness is in the quiet, ordinary things. A table, a chair, a book with a paper-knife stuck between the pages. And the petal falling from the rose, and the light flickering as we sit silent.”
― The Waves
― The Waves
“The young have aspirations that never comes to pass,the old have reminiscences of what never happened. It's only the middle-aged who are really conscious of their limitations - that is why one should be patient with them. But one never is.”
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“Nothing was true but the fatigue of life and the eternal disappointment.”
― This Sweet Sickness
― This Sweet Sickness
“How many faces, how many bodies can you recognize, with your eyes closed, only by touching them? Have you ever closed your eyes and acted unconsciously? Or loved someone so blindly, you could almost feel their energy in a dark room and be moved by the powerful touch of their ideas?”
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Maria’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Maria’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
466 books
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420 friends
3,178 books
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4,990 friends
514 books
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179 friends
1,124 books
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134 friends
5,334 books
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423 friends
374 books
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31 friends
63 books
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114 friends
39 books
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259 friends
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