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“When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“think of Adam and Eve like an imaginary number, like the square root of minus one: you can never see any concrete proof that it exists, but if you include it in your equations, you can calculate all manner”
― His Dark Materials Omnibus
― His Dark Materials Omnibus
“My dear boy, no woman is a genius. Women are a decorative sex. They never have anything to say, but they say it charmingly. Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“There’s plenty of folk as’d like to have a lion as a dæmon and they end up with a poodle. And till they learn to be satisfied with what they are, they’re going to be fretful about it. Waste of feeling, that is.”
― His Dark Materials
― His Dark Materials
“Grown-ups love figures... When you tell them you've made a new friend they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to you "What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies? " Instead they demand "How old is he? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father make? " Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him.”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince
Ajsha’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ajsha’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
3,101 books
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77 friends
319 books
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9 friends
307 books
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120 friends
1 book
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5 friends
1,210 books
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6 friends
75 books
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23 friends
39 books
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7 friends
431 books
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97 friends
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