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Tixa Silva
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“Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.”
― 1984
― 1984
“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― 1984
― 1984
“In short: I felt my existence was tainted, in some subtle but essential way.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“For if the modern mind is whimsical and discursive, the classical mind is narrow, unhesitating, relentless. It is not a quality of intelligence that one encounters frequently these days. But though I can digress with the best of them, I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“Does such a thing as 'the fatal flaw,' that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
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Tixa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Tixa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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226 books
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592 books
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486 books
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880 books
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