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“For a moment, I felt as if the universe had turned upside down and we were falling softly into an enormous black bowl of stars, and I knew, beyond any doubt, that everything was going to be alright.”
― In the Woods
― In the Woods
“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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“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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183 friends
544 books
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373 friends
1,881 books
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531 friends
1,308 books
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465 friends
1,787 books
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81 books
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143 friends
351 books
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170 friends
1,099 books
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210 friends
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