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Nicole
https://www.goodreads.com/nicoleglennon
“Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?”
― Becoming
― Becoming
“Not for the first time Marianne thinks cruelty does not only hurt the victim, but the perpetrator also, and maybe more deeply and more permanently.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“Now I think it’s one of the most useless questions an adult can ask a child—What do you want to be when you grow up? As if growing up is finite. As if at some point you become something and that’s the end.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
“It is futile and knackering to try and make all your tiny choices representative of your moral compass then beat yourself up when this plan inevitably fails. Feminists can get waxed. Priests can swear. Vegetarians can wear leather shoes. Do as much good as you can. The weighty representation of the world cannot rest on every decision you make.”
― Everything I Know About Love
― Everything I Know About Love
“If he silently decides not to say something when they’re talking, Marianne will ask ‘what?’ within one or two seconds. This ‘what?’ question seems to him to contain so much: not just the forensic attentiveness to his silences that allows her to ask in the first place, but a desire for total communication, a sense that anything unsaid is an unwelcome interruption between them.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
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Nicole’s 2025 Year in Books
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23 friends
675 books
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1,010 books
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307 books
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296 books
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481 books
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143 books
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1,235 books
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