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“I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual”
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“He smiled the most exquisite smile, veiled by memory, tinged by dreams.”
― To the Lighthouse
― To the Lighthouse
“As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world.”
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“I worship you, but I loathe marriage. I hate its smugness, its safety, its compromise and the thought of you interfering with my work, hindering me; what would you answer? ”
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“For now she need not think of anybody. She could be herself, by herself. And that was what now she often felt the need of - to think; well not even to think. To be silent; to be alone. All the being and the doing, expansive, glittering, vocal, evaporated; and one shrunk, with a sense of solemnity, to being oneself, a wedge-shaped core of darkness, something invisible to others... and this self having shed its attachments was free for the strangest adventures.”
― To the Lighthouse
― To the Lighthouse
Ela’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ela’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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140 friends
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311 books
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245 books
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46 books
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164 books
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94 books
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