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But she’d been feeling lonely. And though she’d studied enough existential philosophy to believe loneliness was a fundamental part of being a human in an essentially meaningless universe, it was good to see him.
“I’d been beguiled by the new technology—a toddler crawling toward a gun.”
― So You've Been Publicly Shamed
― So You've Been Publicly Shamed
“Decide what your currency is early. Let go of what you will never have. People who do this are happier and sexier.”
― Yes Please
― Yes Please
“A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film.”
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“I need not be visibly odd. I could engage in the protocols that others followed and move undetected among them. And how could I be sure that other people were not doing the same - playing the game to be accepted but suspecting all the time that they were different?”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“If stone-sober people can fuck like they’re out of their minds—can actually be out of their minds while caught in that throe—why shouldn’t writers be able to go bonkers and still stay sane?”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Elisa’s 2025 Year in Books
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539 books
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155 friends
1,060 books
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296 friends
1,923 books
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70 friends
2,995 books
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680 books
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361 friends
268 books
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91 friends
79 books
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114 friends
2,132 books
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584 friends
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