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Ariel Norling
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But fasting—allowing our bodies to exist in a state of want, more often than most of us allow in our privileged world of plenty—is unquestionably good for our health and longevity.
“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“I am still so naïve; I know pretty much what I like and dislike; but please, don’t ask me who I am. A passionate, fragmentary girl, maybe?”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
confinement of your aloneness
to learn
anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you.”
― The House of Belonging
confinement of your aloneness
to learn
anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you.”
― The House of Belonging
“It was my first big chance, but here I was, sitting back and letting it run through my fingers like so much water.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“When they asked me what I wanted to be I said I didn’t know.
"Oh, sure you know," the photographer said.
"She wants," said Jay Cee wittily, "to be everything.”
― The Bell Jar
"Oh, sure you know," the photographer said.
"She wants," said Jay Cee wittily, "to be everything.”
― The Bell Jar
Ariel’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ariel’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
221 books
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73 friends
599 books
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48 friends
275 books
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164 friends
331 books
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75 friends
2,028 books
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365 books
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382 friends
199 books
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412 books
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62 friends
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Favorite Genres
Biography, Business, Classics, Contemporary, Ebooks, Fiction, Memoir, Non-fiction, Psychology, and Science
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