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“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
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“The silence depressed me. It wasn't the silence of silence. It was my own silence.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“I desire the things which will destroy me in the end.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“All aesthetic judgment is really cultural evaluation.”
― Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963
― Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963
“Maybe the true purpose of my life is for my body, my sensations and my thoughts to become writing, in other words, something intelligible and universal, causing my existence to merge into the lives and heads of other people.”
― Happening
― Happening
ala’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at ala’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Favorite Genres
Art, Classics, Contemporary, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Horror, Literary Fiction, Manga, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Suspense, and queer
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