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“There's a place beyond words where experience first occurs to which I always want to return. I suspect that whenever I articulate my thoughts or translate my impulses into words, I am betraying the real thoughts and impulses which remain hidden.”
― The Painted Bird
― The Painted Bird
“People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.”
― Of Human Bondage
― Of Human Bondage
“I don't think that women ought to sit down at table with men. It ruins conversation and I'm sure it's very bad for them. It puts ideas in their heads, and women are never at ease with themselves when they have ideas.”
― Of Human Bondage
― Of Human Bondage
“Oh, it's always the same,' she sighed, 'if you want men to behave well to you, you must be beastly to them; if you treat them decently they make you suffer for it.”
― Of Human Bondage
― Of Human Bondage
“It was one of the queer things of life that you saw a person every day for months and were so intimate with him that you could not imagine existence without him; then separation came, and everything went on in the same way, and the companion who had seemed essential proved unnecessary.”
― Of Human Bondage
― Of Human Bondage
Mary’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mary’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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115 friends
299 books
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315 books
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116 friends
373 books
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33 friends
1 book
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17 books
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1,358 books
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40 friends
1 book
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29 friends
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