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One of my fears with having a boyfriend—if that’s what Sam was—was losing myself, focusing so much on the relationship that I let go of important parts of me. And then if the relationship ended—when the relationship ended, an insidious
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“Unhappiness loves company. Unhappiness can’t stand silence—especially not the uneasy silence that settles in when it is all alone.”
― The Dinner
― The Dinner
“Of course I tensed up when he touched me. To be with him was to hurt him-inevitably. And that's what I'd felt as he reached for me: I'd felt as though I were committing an act of violence against him, because I was.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“I wanted to know that he would be okay if I died. I wanted to not be a grenade, to not be a malevolent force in the lives of people I loved.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“Sometimes things come out of your mouth that you regret later on. Or no, not regret. You say something so razor-sharp that the person you say it to carries it around with them for the rest of their life.”
― The Dinner
― The Dinner
“If I had to give a definition of happiness, it would be this: happiness needs nothing but itself; it doesn’t have to be validated.”
― The Dinner
― The Dinner
Ashley’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ashley’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
2,778 books
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195 friends
203 books
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166 friends
296 books
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64 friends
1,219 books
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103 friends
793 books
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68 friends
425 books
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65 friends
106 books
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9 friends
377 books
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123 friends
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