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We must risk delight,” he wrote. “We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world.”)
“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
“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
“The time to make up your mind about people, is never.”
― The Philadelphia Story: A Comedy in Three Acts
― The Philadelphia Story: A Comedy in Three Acts
“I never change, I simply become more myself.”
― Solstice
― Solstice
“It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”
― The Diary of a Young Girl
― The Diary of a Young Girl
Marissa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Marissa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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692 books
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851 books
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144 friends
328 books
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195 books
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95 friends
182 books
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2,495 books
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110 friends
133 books
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53 friends
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