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Alisa Dubik
https://www.goodreads.com/adubik
Germs were one of our worst nightmares. They were like anti-Semitism: you never actually managed to set eyes on an anti-Semite or a germ, but you knew very well that they were lying in wait for you on every side, out of sight.
“People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living weren't already complicated enough.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince
“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
“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
“Coincidences mean you're on the right path.”
― Love Begins in Winter: Five Stories
― Love Begins in Winter: Five Stories
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Alisa’s 2025 Year in Books
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