Ashley
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Pause, shadow of my elusive love, image of my most dear enchanter, Beautiful illusion for whom I die gladly Sweet fiction for whom I live sadly. —SOR JUANA INÉS DE LA CRUZ
“It’s amazing how right you can sometimes be about a person you don’t know; it’s only the people you do know who confuse you.”
― The Dud Avocado
― The Dud Avocado
“We are defined by the places we hold in the web of others' lives”
― Mono no aware
― Mono no aware
“If his wife doesn’t want him, I certainly don’t, was my way of putting it.”
― The Dud Avocado
― The Dud Avocado
“Generally I find men are a lot more concerned with limiting the freedoms of women than exercising personal freedom for themselves.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh, that lieth betwixt my breasts. My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna flowers in the vineyards of Ein Gedi. —SONG OF SONGS, 1:13–14”
― Henna House
― Henna House
Northern Virginia Book Club
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— last activity Jun 24, 2025 05:42PM
The NoVA book club is for Northern Virginians who love reading and discussing great literature! We discuss our monthly book over 7pm dinner on the fir ...more
Ashley’s 2025 Year in Books
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