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“She just smiled, said that she loved books more than anything, and started telling him excitedly what each of the ones in her lap was about. And Ove realised that he wanted to hear her talking about the things she loved for the rest of his life.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky.”
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“You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help.”
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“Beginnings could happen more than once or in different ways. You could think you were starting something afresh, when actually what you were doing was carrying on as before. He had faced his shortcomings and overcome them and so the real business of walking was happening only now.”
― The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
― The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
“Now you listen to me," says Ove calmly while he carefully closes the door. "You've given birth to two children and quite soon will be squeezing out a third. You've come here from a land far away and most likely you fled war and persecution and all sorts of other nonsense. You've learned a new language and got yourself an education and you're holding together a family of obvious incompetents. And I'll be damned if I've seen you afraid of a single bloody thing in this world before now....I'm not asking for brain surgery. I'm asking you to drive a car. It's got an accelerator, a brake and a clutch. Some of the greatest twits in world history have sorted out how it works. And you will as well." And then he utters seven words, which Parvaneh will always remember as the loveliest compliment he'll ever give her. "Because you are not a complete twit.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
Heather’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Heather’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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40 friends
0 books
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14 friends
0 books
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10 friends
2,627 books
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27 friends
1,741 books
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105 friends
1,246 books
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47 friends
699 books
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114 friends
1,193 books
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70 friends
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