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“I'm thinking of how unexpected and yet oddly preordained life can be. Events are upon you in an instant, unforseen and without warning, and often times marked with disappointment and tragedy, but equally often leading to a better understanding of the bittersweet truth of life.”
― Stories I Only Tell My Friends
― Stories I Only Tell My Friends
“So I came to the realization: Nothing in life is unfair. It's just life.”
― Stories I Only Tell My Friends
― Stories I Only Tell My Friends
“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“What would you not have accomplished if you had been free?"
"Possibly nothing at all; the overflow of my brain would probably, in a state of freedom, have evaporated in a thousand follies; misfortune is needed to bring to light the treasures of the human intellect. Compression is needed to explode gunpowder. Captivity has brought my mental faculties to a focus; and you are well aware that from the collision of clouds electricity is produced — from electricity, lightning, from lightning, illumination.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
"Possibly nothing at all; the overflow of my brain would probably, in a state of freedom, have evaporated in a thousand follies; misfortune is needed to bring to light the treasures of the human intellect. Compression is needed to explode gunpowder. Captivity has brought my mental faculties to a focus; and you are well aware that from the collision of clouds electricity is produced — from electricity, lightning, from lightning, illumination.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
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Vanessa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Vanessa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,085 books
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58 friends
159 books
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32 friends
2,403 books
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59 friends
594 books
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88 friends
72 books
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11 friends
558 books
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81 friends
177 books
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51 friends
711 books
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23 friends
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Favorite Genres
Adult Fiction, African American, Biography, Book Club, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Romance, Suspense, Spirituality, Thriller, Young-adult, War, and Women's Fiction
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