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“Arthur came in looking so exhausted that I went to the book-shelf and took out Mr. Mulliner Speaks. I propped this against the water-jug for him, and Wild Strawberries by Angela Thirkell, which I have read thirty times already and will probably read thirty more, against the loaf for myself. There is nothing so good for worried people as to read at their meals, and funny books if possible; for laughter grows so rusty in war time.”
― Bewildering Cares: A Week in the Life of a Clergyman's Wife
― Bewildering Cares: A Week in the Life of a Clergyman's Wife
“If we really believe what we say we believe- if we really think that home is elsewhere and that this life is a "wandering to find home", why should we not look forward to the arrival. There are, aren't there, only three things we can do about death: to desire it, to fear it, or to ignore it. The third alternative, which is the one the modern world calls "healthy" is surely the most uneasy and precarious of all.”
― Letters to an American Lady
― Letters to an American Lady
“A book is not supposed to be a mirror. It's supposed to be a door.”
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“If girls realized their responsibilities they would be so careful when they smiled that they would probably abandon the practice altogether. There are moments in a man's life when a girl's smile can have as important results as an explosion of dynamite.”
― Something Fresh
― Something Fresh
“Quincy and Fisher walked through all this in silence. Silence was the most common stock-in-trade between them, and the portfolio of their friendship was thick with it. So, without words, they stepped across the streets, their feet pressing the pavement with the same sounds, their toes turned just so; they knew what life was like at each other's side. Sometimes he would speak, or she would, small offerings on the altar of their joint survival.”
― The Q
― The Q
Aija’s 2025 Year in Books
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Art, Biography, Children's, Christian, Classics, Comics, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Manga, Memoir, Mystery, Poetry, Religion, Romance, and Young-adult
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