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“Hope for the best, be prepared for the worse. Life is shocking, but you must never appear to be shocked. For no matter how bad it is it could be worse and no matter how good it is it could be better.”
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“I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.”
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“Remember that life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away!”
― Tahitian Choreographies: Intermediate to Advanced Level Female Instruction
― Tahitian Choreographies: Intermediate to Advanced Level Female Instruction
“We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate.”
― The Hundred Secret Senses
― The Hundred Secret Senses
“Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow. Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place.”
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Alex’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alex’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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59 friends
542 books
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152 books
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166 friends
118 books
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178 books
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156 friends
113 books
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42 books
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109 friends
183 books
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89 friends
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