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“I am interested in people who swim in the deep end. I want to have conversations about real things with people who have experienced real things. I’m tired of talking about movies and gossiping about friends. Life is crunchy and complicated and all the more delicious.”
― Yes Please
― Yes Please
“The weight of fear goes away as soon as we face our monsters and realize they weren’t as scary as we thought.”
― The Sound of Glass
― The Sound of Glass
“You do it because the doing of it is the thing. The doing is the thing. The talking and worrying and thinking is not the thing. That is what I know.”
― Yes Please
― Yes Please
“The friends you meet over forty are really juicy. They are highly emulsified and full of flavor. Now that you’re starting to have a sense of who you are, you know better what kind of friend you want and need.”
― Yes Please
― Yes Please
“Hollowness: that I understand. I’m starting to believe that there isn’t anything you can do to fix it. That’s what I’ve taken from the therapy sessions: the holes in your life are permanent. You have to grow around them, like tree roots around concrete; you mould yourself through the gaps.”
― The Girl on the Train
― The Girl on the Train
Allison’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Allison’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,482 books
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269 friends
1,567 books
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180 friends
1,096 books
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172 friends
1,044 books
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4 friends
211 books
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108 friends
949 books
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66 friends
2,732 books
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97 friends
1 book
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17 friends
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Favorite Genres
Fiction and Non-fiction
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