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“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”
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“Transition is always a relief. Destination means death to me. If I could figure out a way to remain forever in transition, in the disconnected and unfamiliar, I could remain in a state of perpetual freedom.”
― Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration
― Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”
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Paola ’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Paola ’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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4,664 books
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306 books
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4,732 books
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1,500 friends
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