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“Abandoned by a God in whom many of us believed, we lay prostrate and dazed in our demi-tomb. From time to time, one of us would look over the parapet to stare across the dusty plain into the east, from which death might bear down on us at any moment. We felt like lost souls, who had forgotten that men are made for something else, that time exists, and hope, and sentiments other than anguish; that friendship can be more than ephemeral, that love can sometimes occur, that the earth can be productive, and used for something other than burying the dead.”
― The Forgotten Soldier
― The Forgotten Soldier
“That’s how most of the last fifty years of my life disappeared, even though I didn’t know it before now. And believe me, that’s all it takes. One little kiss and then you’ve thrown your lot in with someone, and your whole life has to be built around him. And all the parts of you that don’t fit with him have to go into hiding, and all the ones that do have to come to the surface and act like they’re the whole of you. The”
― Allie and Bea
― Allie and Bea
“I know of a cure for everything: salt water...in one way or the other. Sweat, or tears, or the salt sea.”
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“Your brain is doing some great work when it's laughing.”
― Funny Business
― Funny Business
Michael’s 2025 Year in Books
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