“I am so happy that I made someone cry today - don't worry I'm a writer. It's when they make me cry that it's a problem.”
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“So it is that a writer writes many books. In each book, he intended several urgent and vivid points, many of which he sacrificed as the book's form hardened.”
― The Writing Life
― The Writing Life
“Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know.”
― A Reading Diary: A Passionate Reader's Reflections on a Year of Books
― A Reading Diary: A Passionate Reader's Reflections on a Year of Books
“Readers are not sheep, and not every pen tempts them.”
― Lectures on Literature
― Lectures on Literature
Emily’s 2025 Year in Books
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