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“And she loved Mattie. Living with her in simple friendship might be akin to dancing the Charleston when what you really ached for was a slow waltz -- but the music still played; it was, in its way, still a dance.”
― Old Baggage
― Old Baggage
“I think people get bored of grief,” said Natasha. “It’s like you’re allowed some unspoken allotted time—six months maybe—and then they get faintly irritated that you’re not ‘better,’ like you’re being self-indulgent hanging on to your unhappiness.”
― After You
― After You
“I’m still a doughnut, okay?” I said. “I want to be a bun. I really do. But I’m still a doughnut.”
― After You
― After You
“if you have enough money it doesn’t matter who’s Prime Minister”
― Old Baggage
― Old Baggage
“With that kiss, I tried to tell him the enormity of what he meant to me. I tried to show him that he was the answer to a question I hadn’t even known I had been asking. I tried to thank him for wanting me to be me, more than he wanted to make me stay.”
― After You
― After You
Helen Freeman’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Helen Freeman’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
62 books
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6 friends
394 books
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39 friends
84 books
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13 friends
0 books
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10 friends
3 books
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4 friends
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