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“There I was, clinging to the scraps of happiness that I could finally feel again: coffee and books and an afternoon with my best friend. What right did I have, when he was gone?”
― The Start of Me and You
― The Start of Me and You
“Beautiful words were beautiful words, even to the most practical of minds.”
― Flame in the Mist
― Flame in the Mist
“She remembered Chiyo telling her that finding one's match was like finding one's other half. Mariko had never understood the notion.
She was not a half. She was wholly her own.”
― Flame in the Mist
She was not a half. She was wholly her own.”
― Flame in the Mist
“We sat there in our flower crowns until the world went dark, until we were half-sick from sugar but still laughing, laughing, laughing like the almost-invincible girls we were. Happy”
― The Start of Me and You
― The Start of Me and You
“Never mind that it was not what she wanted. Never mind that there was so much left to see and learn and do. She’d been raised for a purpose. A foolish one at that - to be the wife of an important man when she could easily have been something else. Something more.”
― Flame in the Mist
― Flame in the Mist
McKenzee’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at McKenzee’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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838 friends
16 books
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1,429 friends
160 books
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371 books
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17 friends
8 books
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460 books
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489 friends
1 book
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13 friends
36 books
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47 friends
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