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“There was no horizon. I never thought I would lose the horizon along with everything else, but when you get old you realize whichever direction you choose to face, you find yourself confronted with a landscape filled up with loss. “Perhaps”
― Three Things About Elsie
― Three Things About Elsie
“more time over things. We would have enjoyed the soft, easy days of childhood a little more. Arms and legs full of confidence and energy. Minds free from hesitation. Perhaps we would have danced through our youth a little more slowly.”
― Three Things About Elsie
― Three Things About Elsie
“People seem to put all their energy into ignoring each other instead.”
― Three Things About Elsie
― Three Things About Elsie
“I often wondered what kind of slip I would be written on if I was a word. Something too long, certainly. Probably the wrong colour. A scrap of paper that didn’t quite fit. I worried that perhaps I would never find my place in the pigeon-holes at all.”
― The Dictionary of Lost Words
― The Dictionary of Lost Words
“Most kingdoms or nations just say, ‘we rule because we’re strongest’ or ‘we rule because a god threw a thunderbolt and willed it so.’ We’re the country who said, ‘Here we are; let’s live by these principles and keep getting better at living up to them.”
― The Briar Club
― The Briar Club
Liz’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Liz’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
2,266 books
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153 friends
841 books
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30 friends
218 books
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2 friends
1 book
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6 friends
109 books
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12 friends
1,652 books
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8 friends
62 books
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8 friends
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