“Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.”
― New Year Letter
― New Year Letter
“Oh, the comfort — the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person — having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.”
― A Life For A Life
― A Life For A Life
“A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in any other way.”
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“She seems so cool, so focused, so quiet, yet her eyes remain fixed upon the horizon. You think you know all there is to know about her immediately upon meeting her, but everything you think you know is wrong. Passion flows through her like a river of blood.
She only looked away for a moment, and the mask slipped, and you fell. All your tomorrows start here.”
― Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
She only looked away for a moment, and the mask slipped, and you fell. All your tomorrows start here.”
― Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
“So you do believe in... true love? she whispered.
I took a deep breath, I think I have to, I said, blinking back tears. Without it, we're all going nowhere.”
― Wildwood Dancing
I took a deep breath, I think I have to, I said, blinking back tears. Without it, we're all going nowhere.”
― Wildwood Dancing
Shaikha’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Shaikha’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, Manga, Non-fiction, Psychology, Romance, Science, and Self help
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