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“I think of what Hobie said: beauty alters the grain of reality. And I keep thinking too of the more conventional wisdom: namely, that the pursuit of pure beauty is a trap, a fast track to bitterness and sorrow, that beauty has to be wedded to something more meaningful.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
“When you write and when you read, you are living in a different world.”
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“isn’t the whole point of things—beautiful things—that they connect you to some larger beauty? Those first images that crack your heart wide open and you spend the rest of your life chasing, or trying to recapture, in one way or another?”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
“Good becomes better by playing against better, but better doesn't become the best by playing against good.”
― Wealth of Words
― Wealth of Words
“What I know I could put into a pack
as if it were bread and cheese, and carry it
on one shoulder,
important and honorable, but so small!
While everything else continues, unexplained
and unexplainable.”
― New and Selected Poems, Vol. 2
as if it were bread and cheese, and carry it
on one shoulder,
important and honorable, but so small!
While everything else continues, unexplained
and unexplainable.”
― New and Selected Poems, Vol. 2
Francesca’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Francesca’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
405 books
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30 friends
156 books
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7 friends
1,062 books
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33 friends
840 books
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710 friends
726 books
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21 friends
1,458 books
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21 friends
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