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“Make no mistake: everything has a variant. Like versions of truth, like versions of love, there are versions of sleep. The deepest sleep is meant only for children and perfect fools. Everyone else must pay each night her restless due.”
― Hausfrau
― Hausfrau
“And she laughed, and said she understood, and then off she drifted in that nice way she has. Responsive to the light, I would call it. The type of person who is that little bit more akin to the weather than most people, more obviously made of the same atoms as the earth than most people these days seem to be. Which explains Lanny.”
― Lanny
― Lanny
“Did Pete cry? Goodness no. Buttons come, and buttons go.”
― Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
― Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
“There is this idea that you either read to escape or you read to find yourself. I don't really see the difference. We find ourselves through the process of escaping.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“I can’t lose the thing I’ve held onto for so long, you know?” My face twists up from the pain of pushing it out. “I just really need it to be a love story, you know? I really, really need it to be that.”
“I know,” she says.
“Because if it isn’t a love story, then what is it”? I look to her glassy eyes, her face of wide open empathy. “It’s my life,” I say. “This has been my whole life.”
― My Dark Vanessa
“I know,” she says.
“Because if it isn’t a love story, then what is it”? I look to her glassy eyes, her face of wide open empathy. “It’s my life,” I say. “This has been my whole life.”
― My Dark Vanessa
Gema’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Gema’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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726 books
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740 books
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564 books
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809 books
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156 books
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861 books
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177 friends
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