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Amelia
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“Did you ever, in that wonderland wilderness of adolesence [sic] ever, quite unexpectedly, see something, a dusk sky, a wild bird, a landscape, so exquisite terror touched you at the bone? And you are afraid, terribly afraid the smallest movement, a leaf, say, turning in the wind, will shatter all? That is, I think, the way love is, or should be: one lives in beautiful terror.”
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“There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.”
― The Republic
― The Republic
“One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.”
― Emma
― Emma
“Let everything happen to you
Beauty and terror
Just keep going
No feeling is final”
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Beauty and terror
Just keep going
No feeling is final”
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“Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating only in Hard Rock Cafes and McDonalds? Or do we want to eat without fear, tearing into the local stew, the humble taqueria's mystery meat, the sincerely offered gift of a lightly grilled fish head? I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once.”
― Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
― Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Amelia’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Amelia’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
115 books
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2 friends
75 books
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75 books
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23 books
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