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“I have to wonder at what point the people fighting to protect marriage will realize that traditional couples haven’t exactly been doing too good a job of it so far.”
― Single Dad Laughing: The Best of Year One
― Single Dad Laughing: The Best of Year One
“I have nothing now but praise for my life. I'm not unhappy. I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can't stop them. They leave me and I love them more...What I dread is the isolation. ... There are so many beautiful things in the world which I will have to leave when I die, but I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready.”
― Where the Wild Things Are
― Where the Wild Things Are
“And suddenly, not a soul's at the store as for other & similar & just as blank reasons, they've gone to the silence, the suppers of their own mystery.”
― Book of Sketches
― Book of Sketches
“There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal.”
― Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century
― Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century
“Beyond the East the sunrise, beyond the West the sea,
And East and West the wanderlust that will not let me be;
It works in me like madness, dear, to bid me say good-by!
For the seas call and the stars call, and oh, the call of the sky!
I know not where the white road runs, nor what the blue hills are,
But man can have the sun for friend, and for his guide a star;
And there's no end of voyaging when once the voice is heard,
For the river calls and the road calls, and oh, the call of a bird!
Yonder the long horizon lies, and there by night and day
The old ships draw to home again, the young ships sail away;
And come I may, but go I must, and if men ask you why,
You may put the blame on the stars and the sun and the white road and the sky!”
―
And East and West the wanderlust that will not let me be;
It works in me like madness, dear, to bid me say good-by!
For the seas call and the stars call, and oh, the call of the sky!
I know not where the white road runs, nor what the blue hills are,
But man can have the sun for friend, and for his guide a star;
And there's no end of voyaging when once the voice is heard,
For the river calls and the road calls, and oh, the call of a bird!
Yonder the long horizon lies, and there by night and day
The old ships draw to home again, the young ships sail away;
And come I may, but go I must, and if men ask you why,
You may put the blame on the stars and the sun and the white road and the sky!”
―
Maria’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Maria’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
2,872 books
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70 friends
382 books
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37 friends
523 books
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82 friends
1,842 books
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182 friends
2,663 books
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117 friends
121 books
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74 friends
450 books
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72 friends
119 books
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70 friends
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