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A rite of passage – we’re moving in together – feels remote not just because I’m single, but because I’m unsure how able I am to co-create a home, to be moderated by another’s aesthetic and practical needs and wants. I don’t think this
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“Suddenly it occurred to me that maybe the point of writing wasn't just to record something past but also to prolong the present, like in One Thousand and One Nights, to stretch out the time until the next thing happened.”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
“... there seemed to be some necessity of taking all or nothing; it was as if for the remainder of his life he was condemned to carry with him the egos of certain people, early met and early loved, and to be only as complete as they were complete themselves.”
― Tender Is the Night
― Tender Is the Night
“But that is how a tragedy like ours or King Lear breaks your heart—by making you believe that the ending might still be happy, until the very last minute.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones that I did not.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“Even though I had a deep conviction that I was good at writing, and that in some way I already was a writer, this conviction was completely independent of my having ever written anything, or being able to imagine ever writing anything, that I thought anyone would like to read.”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
Annie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Annie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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