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“I stopped examining myself in the mirror to compare myself to the perfect beauties of movies and magazines; I decided I was beautiful-- for the simple reason that I wanted to be. And then never gave the matter a second thought. -Eva Luna”
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“There was a house at the foot of the tower, close to the thunder of the waves breaking against the cliffs, where love was more intense because it seemed like a shipwreck.”
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“It was also her nature that caused her letters to avoid emotional pitfalls and confine themselves to relating the events of her daily life in the utilitarian style of a ship's log. In reality they were distracted letters, intended to keep the coals alive without putting her hand in the fire, while Florentino Ariza burned himself alive in every line.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
“She intended to swallow the world and he lived crushed by reality.”
― Island Beneath the Sea
― Island Beneath the Sea
“One night a friend lent me a book of short stories by Franz Kafka. I went back to the pension where I was staying and began to read The Metamorphosis. The first line almost knocked me off the bed. I was so surprised. The first line reads, “As Gregor Samsa awoke that morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. . . .” When I read the line I thought to myself that I didn’t know anyone was allowed to write things like that. If I had known, I would have started writing a long time ago. So I immediately started writing short stories.”
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Alexa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alexa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
709 books
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44 friends
1,009 books
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112 friends
450 books
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32 friends
892 books
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18 friends
229 books
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123 friends
189 books
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122 friends
239 books
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52 friends
154 books
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81 friends
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