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“He atones for being occasionally somewhat overdressed by being always absolutely over-educated. He is a very modern type.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“One of the moral diseases we communicate to one another in society comes from huddling together in the pale light of an insufficient answer to a question we are afraid to ask.”
― No Man Is an Island
― No Man Is an Island
“Of this alone, even god is deprived, the power of making things that are past never to have been.”
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“The peculiar grace of a shaker chair is due to the fact that it was made by someone capable of believing that an angel might come and sit on it.”
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“Life goes headlong. We chase some flying scheme, or we are hunted by some fear or command behind us. But if suddenly we encounter a friend, we pause; our heat and hurry look foolish enough; now pause, now possession, is required, and the power to swell the moment from the resources of the heart. The moment is all, in all noble relations.”
― The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
― The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Rachel’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Rachel’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,245 books
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248 friends
351 books
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190 friends
286 books
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103 friends
2,862 books
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184 friends
2,417 books
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349 friends
331 books
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49 friends
1,673 books
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148 friends
897 books
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89 friends
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