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“I would catch sight of some flawless man off in the distance, but as soon as he moved closer I immediately saw he wouldn’t do at all.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.”
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“I mused for a few moments on the question of which was worse, to lead a life so boring that you are easily enchanted, or a life so full of stimulus that you are easily bored.”
― Lost Continent: Travels In Small-Town America
― Lost Continent: Travels In Small-Town America
“An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the watcher and the watched. "Can they be brought together?" This is a practical question. We must get down to it. "I despise intelligence" really means: "I cannot bear my doubts.”
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“Yes, my consuming desire is to mingle with road crews, sailors and soldiers, barroom regulars—to be a part of a scene, anonymous, listening, recording—all this is spoiled by the fact that I am a girl, a female always supposedly in danger of assault and battery. My consuming interest in men and their lives is often misconstrued as a desire to seduce them, or as an invitation to intimacy. Yes, God, I want to talk to everybody as deeply as I can. I want to be able to sleep in an open field, to travel west, to walk freely at night...”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
Jasmine’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Jasmine’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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172 friends
254 books
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1,978 books
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83 friends
504 books
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25 books
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396 books
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187 friends
561 books
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143 friends
273 books
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94 friends
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