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It’s not enough to have meant to do good; if you don’t do good, most gods—those of the rivers, the sky, and the fields—don’t care for your motivations. Why should they?”
“There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams -- not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything. He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way. No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“The result of pretending to be a more amiable, a more forgiving, a more high-minded person than one really is, has sooner or later the effect of causing one to behave as a more disagreeable, a more ruthless and an altogether more unpleasant person than is actually the case! If you dam the stream of natural behaviour, mon ami, sooner or later the dam bursts and a cataclysm occurs!”
― Hercule Poirot's Christmas
― Hercule Poirot's Christmas
Mary’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mary’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
832 books
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104 friends
531 books
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7 friends
518 books
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18 friends
33 books
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19 friends
383 books
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16 friends
35 books
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37 friends
83 books
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215 friends
228 books
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25 friends
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