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“I think it’s the books that you read when you’re young that live with you forever.”
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“I do not read for I have renounced life, I read because one life is just not enough for me.”
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“I'd like to be born the son of a duke with 90,000 pounds a year, on an enormous estate.... And I'd like to have the most enormous library, and I'd like to think that I could read those books forever and forever, and die unlamented, unknown, unsung, unhonored - and packed with information.”
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“I collect new books the way my friends collect designer handbags. Sometimes, I just like to know I have them and actually reading them is beside the point. Not that I don't eventually end up reading them. I do. But the mere act of buying them makes me happy.”
― Literacy and Longing in L.A.
― Literacy and Longing in L.A.
“When you read a great book, you don’t escape from life, you plunge deeper into it. There may be a superficial escape – into different countries, mores, speech patterns – but what you are essentially doing is furthering your understanding of life’s subtleties, paradoxes, joys, pains and truths. Reading and life are not separate but symbiotic.”
― A Life with Books
― A Life with Books
Colette’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Colette’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
188 books
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41 friends
61 books
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632 friends
204 books
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1,521 friends
177 books
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846 friends
122 books
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628 friends
8 books
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26 friends
28 books
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40 friends
0 books
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681 friends
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