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“The only beautiful things, as somebody once said, are the things that do not concern us. As long as a thing is useful or necessary to us...it is outside the proper sphere of art.”
― The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
― The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
“He could see plainly that she was not herself. That is, he could not see that she was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world.”
― The Awakening
― The Awakening
“It is the dull eventless times that have no duration whatever. A time splashed with interest, wounded with tragedy, crevassed with joy--that's the time that seems so long in the memory...Eventlessness has no posts to drape duration on. From nothing to nothing is no time at all.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
Alexandra’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alexandra’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
90 books
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18 friends
44 books
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5 friends
76 books
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2 friends
333 books
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5 friends
282 books
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10 friends
209 books
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9 friends
658 books
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10 friends
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