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“To write,” Marguerite Duras remarked, “is also not to speak. It is to keep silent. It is to howl noiselessly.”
― When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice
― When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice
“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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“Of this alone, even god is deprived, the power of making things that are past never to have been.”
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“We are tyrannized by our options.”
― Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life
― Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life
“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
Rachel’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Rachel’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
2,509 books
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349 friends
2,945 books
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186 friends
68 books
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49 friends
1,671 books
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236 friends
213 books
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45 friends
825 books
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91 friends
1,683 books
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148 friends
529 books
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47 friends
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