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“And here was a man who lived on belief, but who sacrificed it at the first challenge, right when he needed it most.”
― A Monster Calls
― A Monster Calls
“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.
-C.S. Lewis”
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-C.S. Lewis”
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“Because humans are complicated beasts, the monster said. How can a queen be both a good witch and a bad witch? How can a prince be a murderer and a saviour? How can an apothecary be evil-tempered but right-thinking? How can a parson be wrong-thinking but good-hearted? How can invisible men make themselves more lonely by being seen?
"I don't know," Connor shrugged, exhausted. "Your stories never made any sense to me."
The answer is that it does not matter what you think, the monster said, because your mind will contradict itself a hundred times each day. You wanted her to go at the same time you were desperate for me to save her. Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. And your mind will punish you for believing both.”
― A Monster Calls
"I don't know," Connor shrugged, exhausted. "Your stories never made any sense to me."
The answer is that it does not matter what you think, the monster said, because your mind will contradict itself a hundred times each day. You wanted her to go at the same time you were desperate for me to save her. Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. And your mind will punish you for believing both.”
― A Monster Calls
“Break my heart. Break it a thousand times if you like. It was only ever yours to break anyway.”
― The One
― The One
“I did not come to heal her, the monster said. I came to heal you.”
― A Monster Calls
― A Monster Calls
Hayley’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Hayley’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
426 books
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23 friends
1,117 books
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20 friends
13 books
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11 friends
202 books
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28 friends
44 books
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2 friends
16 books
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10 friends
173 books
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2 friends
1 book
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1 friend
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