“But life doesn’t often spell things out for you or give you what you want exactly when you want it, otherwise it wouldn’t be called life, it would be called vending machine.
It’s hard to say exactly when it will happen, and it’s true that whatever you’re after may not drop down the moment you spend all your quarters, but someday soon a train is coming. In fact, it may already be on the way. You just don’t know it yet.”
― Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between
It’s hard to say exactly when it will happen, and it’s true that whatever you’re after may not drop down the moment you spend all your quarters, but someday soon a train is coming. In fact, it may already be on the way. You just don’t know it yet.”
― Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between
“It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“He is half of my soul, as the poets say.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“You confuse what's important with what's impressive.”
― Maurice
― Maurice
“How wild it was, to let it be.”
― Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
― Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Our Shared Shelf
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Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon
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Our next readathon will be April 18-19, 2026. We'll start reading at 8am Eastern Time April 18th, and end at 8am April 19th.. ...more
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