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“It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes makes its way to the surface.”
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“Few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography that it shall be flattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices. If we could banish all such preconceptions when we read, that would be an admirable beginning.”
― The Second Common Reader
― The Second Common Reader
“No, she thought, one could say nothing to nobody. The urgency of the moment always missed its mark. Words fluttered sideways and struck the object inches too low.”
― To the Lighthouse
― To the Lighthouse
“Did it matter then, she asked herself, walking towards Bond Street, did it matter that she must inevitably cease completely? All this must go on without her; did she resent it; or did it not become consoling to believe that death ended absolutely?”
― Mrs. Dalloway
― Mrs. Dalloway
Maria’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Maria’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
6,754 books
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82 friends
7 books
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12 friends
1 book
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29 friends
1 book
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112 friends
6 books
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46 friends
3 books
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20 friends
33 books
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11 friends
3 books
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28 friends
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