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When I reached my Upper Limit of how much positive feeling I could handle, I created a series of unpleasant thoughts to deflate me. The thoughts I manufactured were guaranteed to make me return to a state I was more familiar with: not
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“People who claim that they're evil are usually no worse than the rest of us... It's people who claim that they're good, or any way better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of.”
― Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
― Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
― Conversations with William Styron
― Conversations with William Styron
“One of the first things we learn from our teachers is discernment: the ability to tell truth from fiction, to know when we have lost our center and how to find it again. Discernment is also one of the last things we learn, when we feel our paths diverge and we must separate from our mentors in order to stay true to ourselves.”
― The Baby and the Bathwater
― The Baby and the Bathwater
“I certainly must,' said she. 'This sensation of listlessness, weariness, stupidity, this disinclination to sit down and employ myself, this feeling of everything's being dull and insipid about the house! I must be in love; I should be the oddest creature in the world if I were not.”
― Emma
― Emma
“I never change, I simply become more myself.”
― Solstice
― Solstice
Marissa’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Marissa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
965 books
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151 friends
289 books
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46 friends
376 books
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86 friends
575 books
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73 friends
910 books
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102 friends
338 books
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15 friends
1,068 books
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214 friends
2,234 books
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110 friends
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