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Laura Zhang
http://www.laruazhang.net
“But I don’t want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“This is the essence of the Agricultural Revolution: the ability to keep more people alive under worse conditions.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“It’s important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go. Otherwise you are left with words you should have said but never did, and your heart is heavy with remorse.”
― Life of Pi
― Life of Pi
“It was my first clue that atheists are my brothers and sisters of a different faith, and every word they speak speaks of faith. Like me, they go as far as the legs of reason will carry them—and then they leap.”
― Life of Pi
― Life of Pi
“Before her marriage she had thought that she had love within her grasp; but since the happiness which she had expected this love to bring her hadn’t come, she supposed she must have been mistaken. And Emma tried to imagine just what was meant, in life, by the words “bliss,” “passion,” and “rapture” - words that had seemed so beautiful to her in books.”
― Madame Bovary
― Madame Bovary
Laura’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Laura’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
266 books
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118 friends
168 books
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64 friends
92 books
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140 friends
930 books
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80 friends
69 books
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2 friends
1,589 books
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118 friends
450 books
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45 friends
1,295 books
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122 friends
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Favorite Genres
Adult Fiction, Art, Book Club, Classics, Erotica, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Psychology, Religion, Spirituality, and Travel
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