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“Je sais qu'on ne peut jamais se connaître, mais seulement se raconter.”
― Prime of Life
― Prime of Life
“No story can be devised by the wit of man which cannot be interpreted allegorically by the wit of some other man.”
― On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature
― On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature
“My contemplation is an excruciation only because it is also a joy.”
― The Ethics of Ambiguity
― The Ethics of Ambiguity
“If I were the earth it would disgust me, all this vermin on my back, I’d shake it off.”
― The Woman Destroyed
― The Woman Destroyed
“For throughout history, you can read the stories of women who - against all the odds - got being a woman right, but ended up being compromised, unhappy, hobbled or ruined, because all around them, society was still wrong. Show a girl a pioneering hero - Sylvia Plath, Dorothy Parker, Frida Kahlo, Cleopatra, Boudicca, Joan of Arc - and you also, more often than not, show a girl a woman who was eventually crushed.”
― How to Be a Woman
― How to Be a Woman
Anna’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Anna’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
880 books
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18 friends
841 books
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752 books
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95 friends
64 books
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82 friends
454 books
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1,846 books
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190 friends
696 books
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25 friends
164 books
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25 friends
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