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“what you were
will not happen again.
the tigers have found me
and I do not care.”
―
will not happen again.
the tigers have found me
and I do not care.”
―
“Remember her hair in the morning before it was pinned, black, rampant, savage with loveliness. As if she slept in perpetual storm.”
― Suttree
― Suttree
“At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear. It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us. You can love completely without complete understanding.”
― A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
― A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
“I was settled into nothingness; a kind of non-being, and I accepted it. It didn't make for an interesting person. I didn't want to be interesting, it was too hard. What I really wanted was only a soft, hazy space to live in, and to be left alone.”
― Women
― Women
“We stand there, quiet. My questions all seem wrong: How did you get so old? Was it all at once, in a day, or did you peter out bit by bit? When did you stop having parties? Did everyone else get old too, or was it just you? Are other people still here, hiding in the palm trees or holding their breath underwater? When did you last swim your laps? Do your bones hurt? Did you know this was coming and hide that you knew, or did it ambush you from behind?”
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
Matthew’s 2025 Year in Books
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16 friends
1,714 books
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908 books
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278 books
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557 books
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1,249 books
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596 books
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156 books
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228 friends
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