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To defend oneself against a fear is simply to insure that one will, one day, be conquered by it; fears must be faced.
“Reading is better than life. Without reading, you're stuck with life.”
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“polite conversation is rarely either”
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“I love sleep because it is both pleasant and safe to use. Pleasant because one is in the best possible company and safe because sleep is the consummate protection against the unseemliness that is the invariable consequence of being awake. What you don't know won't hurt you. Sleep is death without the responsibility.”
― Metropolitan Life/Social Studies
― Metropolitan Life/Social Studies
“Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
― All's Well That Ends Well
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
― All's Well That Ends Well
“Now, nature, as I am only too aware, has her enthusiasts, but on the whole, I am not to be counted among them. To put it bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel.”
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Julia’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Julia’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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1,121 books
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293 friends
662 books
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641 books
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212 books
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194 friends
209 books
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228 friends
292 books
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54 friends
203 books
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135 friends
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