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Emily
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“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”
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“Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour increasingly. That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human family.”
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“What holds the world together, as I have learned from bitter experience, is sexual intercourse.”
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“Jane, be still; don't struggle so like a wild, frantic bird, that is rending its own plumage in its desperation."
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you.”
― Jane Eyre
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you.”
― Jane Eyre
“Love is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise. If love were only a feeling, there would be no basis for the promise to love each other forever. A feeling comes and it may go. How can I judge that it will stay forever, when my act does not involve judgment and decision.”
― The Art of Loving
― The Art of Loving
Emily’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Emily’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
2,246 books
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540 friends
496 books
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26 friends
2,026 books
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61 friends
249 books
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14 friends
432 books
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35 friends
435 books
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25 friends
316 books
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64 friends
5 books
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67 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Book Club, Classics, Comics, Ebooks, Graphic novels, Music, Non-fiction, Romance, Science, Self help, and Spirituality
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