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“Walking the streets of Charleston in the late afternoons of August was like walking through gauze or inhaling damaged silk.”
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“She was so Southern that she cried tears that came straight from the Mississippi.”
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“You can say a lot of bad things about Alabama, but you can't say that Alabamans as a people are duly afraid of deep fryers.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“He tried to name which of the deadly seven might apply, and when he failed he decided to append an eighth, regret.”
― Cold Mountain
― Cold Mountain
“Maycomb was a tired old town, even in 1932 when I first knew it. Somehow, it was hotter then. Men's stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon after their three o'clock naps. And by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frosting from sweating and sweet talcum. The day was twenty-four hours long, but it seemed longer. There's no hurry, for there's nowhere to go and nothing to buy...and no money to buy it with.”
― To Kill a Mockingbird
― To Kill a Mockingbird
Laurie’s 2025 Year in Books
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