“A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.”
― The Uses of Literature
― The Uses of Literature
“A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.”
― Welcome to the Monkey House
― Welcome to the Monkey House
“Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
“Americans... are forever searching for love in forms it never takes, in places it can never be. It must have something to do with the vanished frontier.”
― Cat’s Cradle
― Cat’s Cradle
“And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
Madeleine’s 2025 Year in Books
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