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“There are extraordinary people who appear unexpectedly on our paths, and just as suddenly, they disappear, leaving their indelible marks and a sense of regret. Brief and bright, like a match striking a flame in the dark, they heat the damp kindling of out hearts and then they are gone.”
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
“people fall into three camps: those who hardly, if ever, see beauty, even when it strikes them between the eyes; those who recognize it only when it is made apparent to them; and those rare souls who find beauty everywhere they turn, even in the most unexpected places.”
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
“I penetrated the outer cell membrane with a nanosyringe."
"You poked it with a stick?"
"No!" I said. "Well. Yes. But it was a scientific poke with a very scientific stick.”
― Project Hail Mary
"You poked it with a stick?"
"No!" I said. "Well. Yes. But it was a scientific poke with a very scientific stick.”
― Project Hail Mary
“Arthur is beginning to suspect that civilization is the name we give to what little we have salvaged from a loss that no one wants to remember. Triumphs are erected upon the jerry-built scaffolding of brutalities untold, heroic legends spun from the thread of aggressions and atrocities.”
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
“To whom does the object belong - the itinerant bards who recited the poem, travelling from city to city; the king who ordered it to be put in writing; the scribe who laboured in setting it down; the librarian who scrupulously stored it; the archaeologist who unearthed it centuries later; the museum that will keep it safe - or does it belong only to the people of this land, and, if so, will minorities like the Yazidis ever be counted amongst them?”
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
Esther’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Esther’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
71 books
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6 friends
249 books
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18 friends
427 books
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256 books
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197 books
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14 friends
588 books
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11 friends
10 books
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4 friends
218 books
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30 friends
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