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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”
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“Our hands empty except for our hands.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“Some things are hard to write about. After something happens to you, you go to write it down, and either you over dramatize it, or underplay it, exaggerate the wrong parts or ignore the important ones. At any rate, you never write it quite the way you want to.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“I considered how he might feel when he saw me. So much of my happiness depended on his expression. Would he frown or smile? If the former, I would dance on eggshells of the evening and try to please him like there was a gun to my head. The latter, I would be happy but know that it wouldn't last, would clutch the happiness like it was a bird in my hands until it suffocated. And he would tell me that it was my fault, that I killed the bird, but he would have been the one who put it there, placed his hand over mind, and squeezed.”
― What It's Like in Words
― What It's Like in Words
Laramie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Laramie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
113 books
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46 friends
1,088 books
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1,992 friends
1,149 books
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98 friends
1,206 books
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1,415 friends
688 books
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67 friends
517 books
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39 friends
1,200 books
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33 friends
523 books
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54 friends
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