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When you tear out a man’s tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you’re only telling the world that you fear what he might say.

A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin

He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave.

The Art of Racing in the Rain

RIP Jasmine (July 30,2001 - February 16,2012) , I love you. Thanks for the best 10 yrs of my life with you. 

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The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.

The Giver by Lois Lowry

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Fear doesn’t shut you down;it wakes you up.

I can’t tell you why, but although high (or epic) fantasy used to be one of my favourite reading genres, over the years I’ve fallen out of the world-building habit. Last year, I finally…

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This is my third experience with Due: I’ve read two of her ghost stories (The Between and The Good House) with mixed success. But I could feel a bit of a spark, something that told me I…

One of the aspects of Russian lit I find a bit frustrating is that so many of the older authors are men. Don’t get me wrong, I love men, but I also love a woman’s perspective…something…

A little late, but I’m finally doing a TSS post again! I can’t pre-schedule them like I can most of my other posts, which is why one hasn’t appeared in ages. That, and my reading slump kept…

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Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.

-Scout Finch in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird