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Islands, being harder to get to, naturally separated some of the wheat from the chaff, which was the entire philosophy behind places like Nantucket, where children grew up feeling entitled to private beaches and loud pants.
“My heart's in my hand, and my hand is pierced, and my hand's in the bag, and the bag is shut, and my heart is caught.”
― Our Lady of the Flowers
― Our Lady of the Flowers
“Ariadne in the labyrinth. The most alive of worlds, human beings with the tenderest flesh, are made of marble. I strew devastation as I pass. I wander dead-eyed through cities and petrified populations.”
― Our Lady of the Flowers
― Our Lady of the Flowers
“There is neither source nor end, for all things are in the Center of Time. As all the stars may be reflected in a round raindrop falling in the night: so too do all the stars reflect the raindrop. There is neither darkness nor death, for all things are, in the Light of the Moment, and their end and their beginning are one.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
― The Left Hand of Darkness
“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”
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“Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.”
― The Tin Drum
― The Tin Drum
Kathy’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Kathy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
134 books
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136 friends
1,504 books
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138 friends
1,470 books
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162 friends
2,050 books
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112 friends
253 books
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66 friends
199 books
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108 friends
3,809 books
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378 friends
535 books
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201 friends
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