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Emily
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“Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read.”
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“Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve taken for granted.”
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“Does such a thing as 'the fatal flaw,' that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”
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“Who wants to die? Everything struggles to live. Look at that tree growing up there out of that grating. It gets no sun, and water only when it rains. It's growing out of sour earth. And it's strong because its hard struggle to live is making it strong. My children will be strong that way.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Emily’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Emily’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
137 books
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147 friends
627 books
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81 friends
748 books
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3 friends
2,752 books
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184 friends
184 books
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73 friends
1,341 books
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398 friends
134 books
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9 friends
1,434 books
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83 friends
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