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“There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.”
― Little Women
― Little Women
“The narrower their lives, the wider their hips.”
― Sula
― Sula
“Lonely, ain't it?
Yes, but my lonely is mine. Now your lonely is somebody else's. Made by somebody else and handed to you. Ain't that something? A secondhand lonely.”
― Sula
Yes, but my lonely is mine. Now your lonely is somebody else's. Made by somebody else and handed to you. Ain't that something? A secondhand lonely.”
― Sula
“Godhood is just like girlhood: a begging to be believed”
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“She had been looking all along for a friend, and it took her a while to discover that a lover was not a comrade and could never be - for a woman. And that no one would ever be that version of herself which she sought to reach out to and touch with an ungloved hand. There was only her own mood and whim, and if that was all there was, she decided to turn the naked hand toward it, discover it and let others become as intimate with their own selves as she was.”
― Sula
― Sula
ally’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at ally’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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112 friends
889 books
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47 friends
2,100 books
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11,490 friends
235 books
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13 friends
115 books
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11 friends
325 books
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23 friends
43 books
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8 friends
149 books
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3 friends
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