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Alisa Dubik
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Between 1840 and 1850, Manhattan’s population increased by 65 percent; by 1855 over one-half of the city’s 629,904 residents were immigrants and over one-quarter of New Yorkers hailed from Ireland.
“Coincidences mean you're on the right path.”
― Love Begins in Winter: Five Stories
― Love Begins in Winter: Five Stories
“I've always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do. It also won’t do in your essays.”
― Dead Poets Society
― Dead Poets Society
“what is the greatest lesson a woman should learn
that since day one
she's already had everything she needs within herself
it's the world that convinced her she did not”
― The Sun and Her Flowers
that since day one
she's already had everything she needs within herself
it's the world that convinced her she did not”
― The Sun and Her Flowers
“Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
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Alisa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alisa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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