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“Their silence comfortable. Something unfolding. But what? Not love, which wrenched and wounded. Not love, which came only once.”
― The Shipping News
― The Shipping News
“All the complex wires of life were stripped out and he could see the structure of life. Nothing but rock and sea, the tiny figures of humans and animals against them for a brief time.”
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“Was love then like a bag of assorted sweets passed around from which one might choose more than once? Some might sting the tongue, some invoke night perfume. Some had centers as bitter as gall, some blended honey and poison, some were quickly swallowed. And among the common bull's-eyes and peppermints a few rare ones; one or two with deadly needles at the heart, another that brought clam and gentle pleasure. Were his fingers closing on that one?”
― The Shipping News
― The Shipping News
“The world had taken a deep breath and was having doubts about continuing to revolve.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“I would stare at the grains of light suspended in that silent space, struggling to see into my own heart. What did I want? And what did others want from me? But I could never find the answers. Sometimes I would reach out and try to grasp the grains of light, but my fingers touched nothing.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
Ray’s 2025 Year in Books
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66 friends
70 books
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517 books
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601 books
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241 books
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417 books
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267 books
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28 books
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