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“A stranger is someone who sits very still at the kitchen table, looks down at his knuckles, thinks some day we will laugh about this, doesn't believe it.”
― Glass, Irony and God
― Glass, Irony and God
“Perhaps the hardest thing about losing a lover is to watch the year repeat its days. It is as if I could dip my hands down into time and scoop up blue and green lozenges of April heat a year ago in another country.”
― The Glass Essay
― The Glass Essay
“I was overcome by a sense of how much more there was in his life than in mine, by the things to do and distances to travel, while I never had done anything or gone anywhere, and never would.”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
“Being a young girl is always a cute trick. It leaves nothing to be desired and it is easy. I feel as though becoming a woman is like a long tradition of going through things and coming out strong, but I am tired and weary!”
― Happy Hour
― Happy Hour
“The centre of the world is no longer where she is but where her beloved is; all roads leave from and lead to his house. She uses his words and repeats his gestures, adopts his maniacs and tics. 'I am Heathcliff,' says Catherine in Wuthering Heights; this is the cry of all women in love; she is another incarnation of the beloved, his reflection, his double: she is he. She lets her own world flounder in contingence. She lives in his universe.”
― The Second Sex
― The Second Sex
Mila’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mila’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
149 books
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60 friends
117 books
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33 friends
52 books
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42 friends
1,447 books
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155 friends
160 books
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94 friends
1,266 books
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330 friends
128 books
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27 friends
1,089 books
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35 friends
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