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“Sometimes if you let people do things to you, you're really doing it to them.”
― Sharp Objects
― Sharp Objects
“The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away.”
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“Adultery is a most conventional way to rise above the conventional.”
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“I really knew nothing about her, blinded as I was by that burning loveliness which replaces everything else and justifies everything”
― The Eye
― The Eye
“But the young educated adults of the 90s -- who were, of course, the children of the same impassioned infidelities and divorces Mr. Updike wrote about so
beautifully -- got to watch all this brave new individualism and self-expression and sexual freedom deteriorate into the joyless and anomic self-indulgence of the Me Generation. Today's sub-40s have different horrors, prominent among which are anomie and solipsism and a peculiarly American loneliness: the prospect of dying without once having loved something more than yourself.”
― Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
beautifully -- got to watch all this brave new individualism and self-expression and sexual freedom deteriorate into the joyless and anomic self-indulgence of the Me Generation. Today's sub-40s have different horrors, prominent among which are anomie and solipsism and a peculiarly American loneliness: the prospect of dying without once having loved something more than yourself.”
― Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
Ashley’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ashley’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
782 books
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359 friends
4,526 books
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559 friends
430 books
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68 friends
218 books
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21 friends
439 books
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87 friends
120 books
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182 friends
154 books
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21 friends
1,363 books
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158 friends
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