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“You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at a picture for a second and think of it all your life.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
“...it is a glory and a privilege to love what Death doesn't touch.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
“Alone. Yes, that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym.”
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“Caring too much for objects can destroy you. Only—if you care for a thing enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn’t it? And isn’t the whole point of things—beautiful things—that they connect you to some larger beauty?”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
“When I looked at the painting I felt the same convergence on a single point: a glancing sun-struck instance that existed now and forever. Only occasionally did I notice the chain on the finch's ankle, or think what a cruel life for a little living creature--fluttering briefly, forced always to land in the same hopeless place.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
Casey’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Casey’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
607 books
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40 friends
523 books
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12 friends
2,367 books
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21,065 friends
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710 books
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4,830 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Manga, Mystery, Philosophy, Psychology, Romance, Science fiction, Suspense, and Thriller
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