Sign in with Facebook
“I had spent an entire life praying for a miracle, and none had come. And now I looked at the stuffy chapel of my ancestors and saw vanity and greed, heard the call to prayer and thought of power, smelled incense and wondered at the waste of it all.”
― The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
― The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
“Was that what it was really like to be alive? The feeling of darkness dragging you forward?
How could they live with it? And yet they did, and even seemed to find enjoyment in it, when surely the only sensible course would be to despair. Amazing. To feel you were a tiny living thing, sandwiched between two cliffs of darkness. How could they stand to be alive?”
― Reaper Man
How could they live with it? And yet they did, and even seemed to find enjoyment in it, when surely the only sensible course would be to despair. Amazing. To feel you were a tiny living thing, sandwiched between two cliffs of darkness. How could they stand to be alive?”
― Reaper Man
“Where must we go, we who wander this wasteland, in search of our better selves.”
―
―
“How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.”
―
―
“All over now. He is either in joy or nothingness.
(So why grieve?
The worst of it, for him, is over.)
Because I loved him so and am in the habit of loving him and that love must take the form of fussing and worry and doing.”
― Lincoln in the Bardo
(So why grieve?
The worst of it, for him, is over.)
Because I loved him so and am in the habit of loving him and that love must take the form of fussing and worry and doing.”
― Lincoln in the Bardo
Emily’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Emily’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
11,429 books
|
86 friends
800 books
|
16 friends
738 books
|
19 friends
1,923 books
|
32 friends
812 books
|
46 friends
311 books
|
4 friends
84 books
|
46 friends
101 books
|
10 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Emily
Lists liked by Emily
