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“The old hunger for voyages fed at his heart....To go alone...into strange cities; to meet strange people and to pass again before they could know him; to wander, like his own legend, across the earth--it seemed to him there could be no better thing than that.”
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“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
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“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”
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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“Had I known that the heart breaks slowly, dismantling itself into unrecognizable plots of misery... had I known yet I would have loved you, your brash and insolent beauty, your heavy comedic face and knowledge of sweet delights, but from a distance I would have left you whole and wholly for the delectation of those who wanted more and cared less.”
― And Still I Rise
― And Still I Rise
Olivia’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Olivia’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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105 friends
244 books
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100 books
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7 books
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902 books
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178 books
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280 books
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88 friends
42 books
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124 friends
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