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Marlene
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“How I feel is that if I wanted anything I'd take it. That's what I've always thought all my life. But it happens that I want you, and so I just haven't room for any other desires.”
― The Beautiful and Damned
― The Beautiful and Damned
“When she writes, which isn't often, I get insanely jealous of the way her mind works, the fact that she seems to create for her own pleasure and not to make herself known.”
― Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"
― Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"
“Because she is afraid of not being supported, she unknowingly pushes away the support she needs.”
― Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
― Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
“How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d”
― Eloisa to Abelard
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d”
― Eloisa to Abelard
“I have been envious of male characteristics, if not the men themselves. I'm jealous of the ease with which they seem to inhabit their professional pursuits: the lack of apologizing, of bending over backward to make sure the people around them are comfortable with what they're trying to do. The fact that they are so often free of the people-pleasing instincts I have considered to be a curse of my female existence.”
― Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"
― Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"
Marlene’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Marlene’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
227 books
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64 friends
73 books
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173 friends
71 books
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116 friends
73 books
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150 friends
231 books
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189 books
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Favorite Genres
Book Club, Chick-lit, Contemporary, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Memoir, Non-fiction, Psychology, Romance, and Young-adult
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