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“Ah how shameless – the way these mortals blame the gods. From us alone they say come all their miseries yes but they themselves with their own reckless ways compound their pains beyond their proper share.”
― The Odyssey
― The Odyssey
“I believe that today more than ever a book should be sought after even if it has only one great page in it. We must search for fragments, splinters, toenails, anything that has ore in it, anything that is capable of resuscitating the body and the soul.”
― Tropic of Cancer
― Tropic of Cancer
“Does such a thing as 'the fatal flaw,' that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations.
They're quite aware of what they're going through.
- Changes”
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As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations.
They're quite aware of what they're going through.
- Changes”
―
“Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty. There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
Trix’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Trix’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
472 books
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53 friends
793 books
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120 friends
759 books
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1,034 friends
1,277 books
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3,287 friends
2,062 books
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5,354 friends
904 books
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1,479 friends
266 books
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56 friends
1,339 books
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7,377 friends
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