“The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.”
― Men Without Women
― Men Without Women
“The difficulty of living alone is that any mess he makes he is forced to clean up himself.
No, the real difficulty of living alone is that no one cares if you are upset.”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
No, the real difficulty of living alone is that no one cares if you are upset.”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“They had only ever discussed books but what, in this life, is more personal than books?”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“The words you can't find, you borrow.
We read to know we're not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone.”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
We read to know we're not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone.”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.”
― Fer-de-Lance
― Fer-de-Lance
Bob’s 2025 Year in Books
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