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“It is a feeling of relief, almost of pleasure, at knowing yourself at last genuinely down and out. You have talked so often of going to the dogs — and well, here are the dogs, and you have reached them, and you can stand it. It takes off a lot of anxiety.”
― Down and Out in Paris and London
― Down and Out in Paris and London
“We do not remember days, we remember moments.”
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“I don't like work--no man does--but I like what is in the work--the chance to find yourself. Your own reality--for yourself not for others--what no other man can ever know. They can only see the mere show, and never can tell what it really means.”
― Heart of Darkness
― Heart of Darkness
“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”
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“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― 1984
― 1984
Elena’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Elena’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
958 books
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411 friends
66,860 books
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3,221 friends
1,539 books
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624 friends
239 books
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1,028 friends
1,045 books
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503 friends
1,806 books
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486 friends
198 books
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4,168 friends
5,701 books
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166 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Classics, Contemporary, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Non-fiction, and Travel
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