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“The bones are hard and by themselves seem dead and stony, but by rooting into and pulling against the skeleton, the rest of the body carries out all the motions of life.”
― Speaker for the Dead
― Speaker for the Dead
“The future is a hundred thousand threads, but the past is a fabric that can never be rewoven.”
― Xenocide
― Xenocide
“No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one’s life is nothing. Even the most evil of men and women, if you understand their hearts, had some generous act that redeems them, at least a little, from their sins.”
― Speaker for the Dead
― Speaker for the Dead
“Grief, she reminded herself, is almost always for the mourner's loss.”
― Xenocide
― Xenocide
“Valentine had long ago observed that in a society that expected chastity and fidelity, like Lusitania, the adolescents who controlled and channeled their youthful passions were the ones who grew up to be both strong and civilized. Adolescents in such a community who were either too weak to control themselves or too contemptuous of society's norms to try usually ended up being either sheep or wolves—either mindless members of the herd or predators who took what they could and gave nothing.”
― Xenocide
― Xenocide
Devon’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Devon’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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1,723 books
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505 books
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116 friends
646 books
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365 books
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56 books
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242 friends
57 books
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166 friends
193 books
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12 friends
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