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“People aim for the stars, and they end up like goldfish in a bowl. I wonder if it wouldn't be simpler just to teach children right from the start that life is absurd.”
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
“There's nothing like a song about lost love to remind you how everything precious can slip from the hinges where you've hung it so careful.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees
“The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have. ”
― The Last Lecture
― The Last Lecture
“The universe, I'd learned, was never, ever kidding. It would take whatever it wanted and it would never give it back.”
― Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
― Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
“In theory momentos serve to bring back the moment. In fact they serve only to make clear how inadequately I appreciated the moment when it was here. How inadequately I appreciated the moment when it was here is something else I could never afford to see.”
― Blue Nights
― Blue Nights
Joan’s 2025 Year in Books
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Favorite Genres
Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Fantasy, Historical fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Romance, Science, Suspense, Thriller, and Travel
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