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“Books are the mile markers of my life. Some people have family photos or home movies to record their past. I’ve got books. Characters. For as long as I can remember, books have been my safe place.”
― The Great Alone
― The Great Alone
“Never trust people who don't have something in their lives that they love beyond all reason.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
“Were you in love with him?'
'Yes,' I say, simply. James and I put each other through the kind of reckless passions Gwendolyn once talked about, joy and anger and desire and despair. After all that, was it really so strange? I am no longer baffled or amazed or embarrassed by it. 'Yes, I was.' It's not the whole truth. The whole truth is, I'm in love with him still.”
― If We Were Villains
'Yes,' I say, simply. James and I put each other through the kind of reckless passions Gwendolyn once talked about, joy and anger and desire and despair. After all that, was it really so strange? I am no longer baffled or amazed or embarrassed by it. 'Yes, I was.' It's not the whole truth. The whole truth is, I'm in love with him still.”
― If We Were Villains
“But that is how a tragedy like ours or King Lear breaks your heart—by making you believe that the ending might still be happy, until the very last minute.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“If you are honest, people may deceive you. Be honest anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfishness. Be kind anyway. All the good you do today will be forgotten by others tomorrow. Do good anyway.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
Alison’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alison’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
768 books
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61 friends
315 books
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4 friends
1,350 books
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15 friends
191 books
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21 friends
127 books
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13 friends
114 books
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8 friends
712 books
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24 friends
115 books
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1 friend
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