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“I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldn't make up my mind which of the figs I would choose. I wanted each and every one of them, but choosing one meant losing all the rest, and, as I sat there, unable to decide, the figs began to wrinkle and go black, and, one by one, they plopped to the ground at my feet.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“So the fact that I’m me and no one else is one of my greatest assets. Emotional hurt is the price a person has to pay in order to be independent.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny.”
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“The person who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The person who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever seen before.”
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“Does everyone feel this way? When I was young, I was perpetually overconfident or insecure. Either I felt completely useless, unattractive, and worthless, or that I was pretty much a success, and everything I did was bound to succeed. When I was confident, I could overcome the hardest challenges. But all it took was the smallest setback for me to be sure that I was utterly worthless. Regaining my self-confidence had nothing to do with success...whether I experienced it as a failure or triumph was utterly dependent on my mood.”
― The Reader
― The Reader
Bitna’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Bitna’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
801 books
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67 friends
1 book
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115 friends
4 books
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50 friends
15 books
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31 friends
0 books
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40 friends
0 books
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67 friends
20 books
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138 friends
3 books
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10 friends
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