to reach Venice by land, on the railroad, was like entering a palace from the rear, and that this most unreal of cities should not be approached except as he was now doing, by ship, over the high seas.
“If you would experience a landscape, you must go alone into it and sit down somewhere quietly and wait for it to come in its own good time to you.”
― The Necessity of Empty Places
― The Necessity of Empty Places
“Things can be singularly difficult yet insanely beautiful for have you not seen the thick of dark, so eerily bleak, a windswept sky before it breaks into a dawn of gold....”
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“How beautiful the stars are, and the Moon!' 'They do cheer the heart, don't they?' said Sam looking up.”
― The Two Towers
― The Two Towers
“The evening came to a close and the two women walked hand-in-hand back to the hut, the waves breaking gently on the beach, the stars out up above, a buzz in their heads from the wine and beer. As close to paradise as I could ever imagine, thought Dani.”
― Time Chain
― Time Chain
Lea’s 2025 Year in Books
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