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“That was what stories did, or the ones that mattered to us: They helped us to understand others, but they could also make us feel understood in turn, and less alone in the world.”
― The Land of Lost Things
― The Land of Lost Things
“You're from Florida. There's got to be more holes to hell in Florida than any other state.”
― The Hollow Places
― The Hollow Places
“A throne was a kind of weapon by which the world was cut into two halves: the dead and the kneeling.”
― The Everlasting
― The Everlasting
“I cannot be too young or too old, too beautiful or too ugly. I cannot weep or rage. I cannot refuse a man nor fuck him nor marry him—a queen is only powerful if there are no kings or princes nearby.”
― The Everlasting
― The Everlasting
“The author had found a way to turn his pain into a novel, and that novel had occasionally helped others with their pain. That was what stories did, or the ones that mattered to us: They helped us to understand others, but they could also make us feel understood in turn, and less alone in the world.”
― The Land of Lost Things
― The Land of Lost Things
Leslie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Leslie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,272 books
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368 friends
646 books
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28 friends
217 books
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47 friends
2,392 books
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2,013 friends
1,098 books
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93 friends
430 books
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28 friends
360 books
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36 friends
915 books
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118 friends
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