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I suppose at one time in my life I might have had any number of stories, but now there is no other. This is the only story I will ever be able to tell.
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
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“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
“Those who cannot conceive of Friendship as a substantive love but only as a disguise or elaboration of Eros betray the fact that they have never had a Friend.”
― The Four Loves
― The Four Loves
“Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.”
― The Essays
― The Essays
“This time I read the title of the painting: Girl Interrupted at Her Music. Interrupted at her music: as my life had been, interrupted in the music of being seventeen, as her life had been, snatched and fixed on canvas: one moment made to stand still and to stand for all the other moments, whatever they would be or might have been. What life can recover from that?”
― Girl, Interrupted
― Girl, Interrupted
Olivia’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Olivia’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
100 books
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4 friends
965 books
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33 friends
283 books
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58 friends
13 books
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3 friends
Favorite Genres
Biography, Classics, Crime, Fiction, Historical fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Poetry, Psychology, Suspense, and catholic
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