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"all this flipping back and forth to read the footnotes is no good for my poor little weak wrists - other than that I’m loving this book so far. It’s going to take a while but I’m excited for the journey this book will take me on.
Yes, it’ll probably come at the cost of my reading goal. However, I think DFW would have absolutely abhorred the idea of book goals so I don’t feel even slightly bad about it." — Nov 20, 2025 09:31AM
"all this flipping back and forth to read the footnotes is no good for my poor little weak wrists - other than that I’m loving this book so far. It’s going to take a while but I’m excited for the journey this book will take me on.
Yes, it’ll probably come at the cost of my reading goal. However, I think DFW would have absolutely abhorred the idea of book goals so I don’t feel even slightly bad about it." — Nov 20, 2025 09:31AM
“Luna had decorated her bedroom ceiling with five beautifully painted faces: Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Neville. They were not moving as the portraits at Hogwarts moved, but there was a certain magic about them all the same: Harry thought they breathed. What appeared to be fine golden chains wove around the pictures, linking them together, but after examining them for a minute or so, Harry realized that the chains were actually one word, repeated a thousand times in golden ink: friends . . . friends . . . friends . . .”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“It's bullshit to think of friendship and romance as being different. They're not. They're just variations of the same love. Variations of the same desire to be close.”
― Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
― Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
“We don't fall in love with people because they're good people. We fall in love with people whose darkness we recognise. You can fall in love with a person for all of the right reasons, but that kind of love can still fall apart. But when you fall in love with a person because your monsters have found a home in them-- that's the kind of love that owns your skin and bones. Love, I am convinced, is found in the darkness. It is the candle in the night.”
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“We are all different. Don’t judge, understand instead.”
― The Light in the Heart: Inspirational Thoughts for Living Your Best Life
― The Light in the Heart: Inspirational Thoughts for Living Your Best Life
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