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“Beware, my body and my soul, beware above all of crossing your arms and assuming the sterile attitude of the spectator, for life is not a spectacle, a sea of griefs is not a proscenium, and a man who wails is not a dancing bear.”
― Notebook of a Return to the Native Land
― Notebook of a Return to the Native Land
“The minute I heard my first love story,
I started looking for you, not knowing
how blind that was.
Lovers don't finally meet somewhere.
They're in each other all along.”
― The Illuminated Rumi
I started looking for you, not knowing
how blind that was.
Lovers don't finally meet somewhere.
They're in each other all along.”
― The Illuminated Rumi
“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
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“How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?”
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“Someone told me the delightful story of the crusader who put a chastity belt on his wife and gave the key to his best friend for safekeeping, in case of his death. He had ridden only a few miles away when his friend, riding hard, caught up with him, saying 'You gave me the wrong key!”
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Alina’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alina’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
965 books
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33 friends
3,578 books
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439 friends
201 books
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127 friends
84 books
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74 friends
131 books
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11 friends
240 books
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364 friends
18 books
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117 friends
97 books
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30 friends
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