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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
“Seneca’s line “Let the wickedness escape . . . for every guilty person is his own hangman.”
― Freud's Mistress
― Freud's Mistress
“Fine, blood was thicker than water. But friendship, it struck Tibby, was thicker than both.”
― The Second Summer of the Sisterhood
― The Second Summer of the Sisterhood
“She realized all at once the deeper thing that bothered her, the thing that made him not just irritating but intolerable: how he kept loving her blindly when she deserved it so little.”
― Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood
― Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood
“Through all her years of knowing him, this is what she learned that night. He was an unhappy man. And unhappy men are dangerous.”
― Freud's Mistress
― Freud's Mistress
“But you can’t give your heart to a wild thing: the more you do, the stronger they get. Until they’re strong enough to run into the woods. Or fly into a tree. Then a taller tree. Then the sky. That’s how you’ll end up, Mr. Bell. If you let yourself love a wild thing. You’ll end up looking at the sky.”
― Breakfast at Tiffany's
― Breakfast at Tiffany's
Northern Virginia Book Club
— 80 members
— 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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59 friends
4,226 books
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554 books
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94 books
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2,356 books
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536 books
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492 books
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1,104 books
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