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“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”
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“What I am telling you, before you begin my story, is this -- two things: I crave truth. And I lie. ”
― In the Woods
― In the Woods
“But from fifteen to seventeen she was in training for a heroine; she read all such works as heroines must read to supply their memories with those quotations which are so serviceable and so soothing in the vicissitudes of their eventful lives.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
“I had learned early to assume something dark and lethal hidden at the heart of anything I loved. When I couldn't find it, I responded, bewildered and wary, in the only way I knew how: by planting it there myself.”
― In the Woods
― In the Woods
“We are only asked to love, to offer hope to the many hopeless. We don’t get to choose all the endings, but we are asked to play the rescuers. We won’t solve all mysteries and our hearts will certainly break in such a vulnerable life, but it is the best way. We were made to be lovers bold in broken places, pouring ourselves out again and again until we’re called home.”
― If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For
― If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For
Ida’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ida’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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457 friends
767 books
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351 friends
646 books
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373 friends
1,241 books
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465 friends
1,775 books
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3,708 friends
515 books
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1,045 friends
181 books
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182 friends
1,794 books
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1,236 friends
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