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“Maybe laughter after someone dies is the way we tell ourselves that they are still alive in some way. Or that we are.”
― The Stranger in the Lifeboat
― The Stranger in the Lifeboat
“Despair has its own voice. It is a prayer unlike any other.”
― The Stranger in the Lifeboat
― The Stranger in the Lifeboat
“His whole future seemed suddenly to be unrolled before him; and passing down its endless emptiness he saw the dwindling figure of a man to whom nothing was ever to happen.”
― The Age of Innocence
― The Age of Innocence
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“Whenever I'm out-of-doors and find myself wanting to have a first-rate think, I fling myself down on my back, throw my arms and legs out so that I look like an asterisk, and gaze at the sky. ”
― The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
― The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Shirley’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shirley’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
2,435 books
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40 friends
14 books
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302 friends
8 books
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22 friends
55 books
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31 friends
824 books
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9 friends
2 books
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50 friends
2 books
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33 friends
86 books
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27 friends
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