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“She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.”
― The English Patient
― The English Patient
“She entered the story knowing she would emerge from it feeling she had been immersed in the lives of others, in plots that stretched back twenty years, her body full of sentences and moments, as if awaking from sleep with a heaviness caused by unremembered dreams.”
― The English Patient
― The English Patient
“Watch out for intellect,
because it knows so much it knows nothing
and leaves you hanging upside down,
mouthing knowledge as your heart
falls out of your mouth.”
― The Complete Poems
because it knows so much it knows nothing
and leaves you hanging upside down,
mouthing knowledge as your heart
falls out of your mouth.”
― The Complete Poems
“That is what I want to tell you about: the girls with their short skirts and bright eyes and big-city dreams.
The girls of 1929.”
― Bright Young Things
The girls of 1929.”
― Bright Young Things
“Moments before sleep are when she feels most alive, leaping across fragments of the day, bringing each moment into the bed with her like a child with schoolbooks and pencils. The day seems to have no order until these times, which are like a ledger for her, her body full of stories and situations.”
― The English Patient
― The English Patient
Ashley ’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ashley ’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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25 friends
4,238 books
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127 friends
2,627 books
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76 friends
1,055 books
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21 friends
397 books
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64 friends
151 books
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491 books
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163 friends
641 books
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41 friends
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