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Ilse
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“We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“When there is no love, not only the life of the people becomes sterile but the life of cities.”
― My Brilliant Friend
― My Brilliant Friend
“The result of this deeply male-dominated culture is that the male experience, the male perspective, has come to be seen as universal, while the female experience--that of half the global population, after all--is seen as, well, niche.”
― Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
― Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
“It isn’t a good enough answer, that one group of people can be in charge of the destinies of another group of people and choose whether to exclude them or include them. Human beings have to be more ingenious than this, and more generous. We’ve got to come up with a better answer.”
― Winter
― Winter
“Hope is exactly that, that’s all it is, a matter of how we deal with the negative acts towards human beings by other human beings in the world, remembering that they and we are all human, that nothing human is alien to us, the foul and the fair, and that most important of all we’re here for a mere blink of the eyes, that’s all.”
― Autumn
― Autumn
Ilse’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ilse’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
26 books
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7 friends
557 books
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954 friends
74 books
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6 friends
603 books
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2,290 friends
265 books
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442 friends
279 books
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1,558 friends
157 books
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138 friends
140 books
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133 friends
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