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“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
“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
“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
“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
“Love is all right, as things go, but lovers can be a terrible waste of a girl's time.”
― Bright Young Things
― Bright Young Things
Ashley ’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ashley ’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
186 books
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7 friends
4,946 books
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129 friends
561 books
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25 friends
2,794 books
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76 friends
1,115 books
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22 friends
653 books
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41 friends
481 books
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163 friends
452 books
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64 friends
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