“doesn’t look like anything special, like it contains an entire world, though the same could be said of any book.”
― The Starless Sea
― The Starless Sea
“Truth is a matter of the imagination.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
― The Left Hand of Darkness
“My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
“Cleo would have liked to ask another question, but Santiago got up to check on the food and Frank wanted to hear some music, and the conversation escaped like smoke.”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
“Lincoln would come to see democracy as a work in progress, a process in which reason took its chances against prejudice and passion.”
― And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
― And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
Miriam’s 2025 Year in Books
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