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“It wasn't only wickedness and scheming that made people unhappy, it was confusion and misunderstanding; above all, it was the failure to grasp the simple truth that other people are as real as you.”
― Atonement
― Atonement
“Somebody" said Jacques, "your father or mine, should have told us that not many people have ever died of love. But multitudes have perished, and are perishing every hour--and in the oddest places!--for the lack of it.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.”
― Frankenstein
― Frankenstein
“A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.”
― Atonement
― Atonement
“People can't, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than they can invent their parents. Life gives these and also takes them away and the great difficulty is to say Yes to life.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
Jolien’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jolien’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
136 books
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Favorite Genres
Art, Classics, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Mystery, Non-fiction, Romance, and Thriller
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