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“Repository,” he finally says, “you know this word? A resting place. A text—a book—is a resting place for the memories of people who have lived before. A way for the memory to stay fixed after the soul has traveled on.”
“The cognate word xenos can mean both “stranger” and “friend”; it is the root from which we get the English word “xenophobia,” the fear of strangers or foreigners, as well as the sadly less common “xenophilia,” the love of strangers or of unknown objects.”
― The Odyssey
― The Odyssey
“It’s tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow. It’s the possibility of infinite rebirth, infinite redemption. The idea that if you keep playing, you could win. No loss is permanent, because nothing is permanent, ever.”
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
“I wondered if this was a sign that, whatever happened this summer, I’d be the one with a scar.”
― Now Is Not the Time to Panic
― Now Is Not the Time to Panic
“When she was forty, would she lament that she hadn’t had sex with more people and partied more? But then, she didn’t enjoy many people, and she had never gone to a party that she wasn’t eager to leave. She hated being drunk, though she did enjoy smoking a joint every now and then. She liked playing games, seeing a foreign movie, a good meal. She liked going to bed early and waking up early.”
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Jess’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jess’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
894 books
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63 friends
141 books
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13 friends
65 books
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8 friends
263 books
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40 friends
43 books
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300 friends
90 books
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12 friends
531 books
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10 friends
116 books
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105 friends
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