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“we are thirty in our hearts, before all the disappointment, all the ways it turned out to be so much more painful than we thought it would be, but then again, it has also been magic.”
― The Correspondent
― The Correspondent
“How cruel life is only this long. Now that I see clearly, I’d like more time.”
― The Correspondent
― The Correspondent
“We are born and grow through childhood in spring. We live those glorious, lively, interesting years of our twenties, thirties, forties in summer. We settle into ourselves in autumn, that cool but not yet cold time, rich and aromatic. And in winter we age (brutally) and die.”
― The Correspondent
― The Correspondent
“I wonder, was I always lonely? I’m not sure I’ve ever felt at home in the world, but I’m not sure that’s unique.”
― The Correspondent
― The Correspondent
“Grief shared, I think, can produce two outcomes. Either you bind yourselves together and hold on for dear life, or you let go and up goes a wall too high to be crossed.”
― The Correspondent
― The Correspondent
Janette’s 2025 Year in Books
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