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Maya Persaud
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“Does such a thing as 'the fatal flaw,' that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones that I did not.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“They all shared a certain coolness, a cruel, mannered charm which was not modern in the least but had the strange cold breath of the ancient world : they were magnificent creatures, such eyes, such hands, such looks - sic oculos, sic ille manus, sic ora ferebat.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
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Maya’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Maya’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Favorite Genres
Art, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Paranormal, Poetry, Science fiction, Suspense, Thriller, and Young-adult
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