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“He wondered if an action, to qualify as authentically good, needed not only to be untainted by self-interest but also to bring no pleasure of any kind.”
― Crossroads
― Crossroads
“men who wrote tender, poetic sentences that tried to hide the narcissism and misogyny of their stories.”
― Writers & Lovers
― Writers & Lovers
“One inheritance of living under the male gaze for centuries is that heterosexual women often look at other women the way a man would.”
― Three Women
― Three Women
“It’s a particular kind of pleasure, of intimacy, loving a book with someone.”
― Writers & Lovers
― Writers & Lovers
“I squat there and think about how you get trained early on as a woman to perceive how others are perceiving you, at the great expense of what you yourself are feeling about them. Sometimes you mix the two up in a terrible tangle that’s hard to unravel.”
― Writers & Lovers
― Writers & Lovers
Maria’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Maria’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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8 friends
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135 books
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17 books
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82 books
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20 books
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2 friends
54 books
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1 friend
75 books
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7 friends
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