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“Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.”
― Frankenstein
― Frankenstein
“We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster than we should that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty and have less to offer each time we start with someone new. But to feel nothing so as not to feel anything - what a waste!”
― Call Me by Your Name
― Call Me by Your Name
“Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.”
― Frankenstein
― Frankenstein
“That’s how they were supposed to be. It’s what they, at fifteen, were supposed to have been doing. They’d been fired into adolescence and were swerving to each side now like crazy, trying to find the straight and narrow.”
― The Only Good Indians
― The Only Good Indians
“The essential and defining characteristic of childhood is not the effortless merging of dream and reality, but only alienation. There are no words for childhood's dark turns and exhalations. A wise child recognizes it and submits to the necessary consequences. A child who counts the cost is a child no longer.”
― ’Salem’s Lot
― ’Salem’s Lot
Matthew’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Matthew’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
319 books
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23 friends
381 books
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103 friends
120 books
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25 friends
245 books
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22 friends
687 books
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39 friends
1,815 books
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30 friends
163 books
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12 friends
143 books
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17 friends
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