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“I wanted so badly to lie down next to her on the couch, to wrap my arms around her and sleep. Not fuck, like in those movies. Not even have sex. Just sleep together in the most innocent sense of the phrase. But I lacked the courage and she had a boyfriend and I was gawky and she was gorgeous and I was hopelessly boring and she was endlessly fascinating. So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was hurricane.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“When someone blushes, doesn't that mean 'yes'?”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince
“Last time we went swimming, the sea stood up and hugged you as though you were responsible for keeping it blue.”
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“The only sea I saw Was the seesaw sea With you riding on it. Lie down, lie easy. Let me shipwreck in your thighs.”
― Under Milk Wood
― Under Milk Wood
“La Maga did not know that my kisses were like eyes which began to open up beyond her, and that I went along outside as if I saw a different concept of the world, the dizzy pilot of a black prow which cut the water of time and negated it.”
― Hopscotch
― Hopscotch
Emma’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Emma’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
2,137 books
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550 friends
1,580 books
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199 friends
2,121 books
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62 friends
4,096 books
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34 friends
1,733 books
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59 friends
481 books
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32 friends
327 books
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122 friends
384 books
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86 friends
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