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“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)... There are just some kind of men who - who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.”
― To Kill a Mockingbird
― To Kill a Mockingbird
“Best, therefore, withhold any amazement at the strangely gallied whales before us, for there is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.”
― Moby Dick
― Moby Dick
“What horrifies me most is the idea of being useless: well-educated, brilliantly promising, and fading out into an indifferent middle age.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“But pity there was none. For all his old age, and his one arm, and his blind eyes, he must die the death and be murdered, in order to light the gay bridals and other merry-makings of men, and also to illuminate the solemn churches that preach unconditional inoffensiveness by all to all.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“It was at this period that Drogo realised how far apart men are whatever their affection for each other, that if you suffer the pain is yours and yours alone, no one else can take upon himself the least part of it; that if you suffer it does not mean that others feel pain even though their love is great: hence the loneliness of life.”
― The Tartar Steppe
― The Tartar Steppe
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Melisa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Melisa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
353 books
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15 friends
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199 books
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1 friend
12 books
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5 friends
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Art, Business, Classics, Ebooks, Fantasy, Historical fiction, History, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, and Travel
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