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“It's the living, the eating, the sleeping that everyone needs. Ideas don't matter so much after all. My three best friends are Catholic. I can't see their beliefs, but I can see the things they love to do on earth. When you come right down to it, I do believe in the freedom of the individual…”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spend the rest of the day putting the pieces together.”
― Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
― Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
“And [he] sailed back over a year
and in and out of weeks
and through a day
and into the night of his very own room
where he found his supper waiting for him
and it was still hot”
― Where the Wild Things Are
and in and out of weeks
and through a day
and into the night of his very own room
where he found his supper waiting for him
and it was still hot”
― Where the Wild Things Are
“And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair”
― The Prophet
― The Prophet
“And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.”
― Where the Wild Things Are
― Where the Wild Things Are
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Alyssa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alyssa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Adult Fiction, Art, Biography, Children's, Classics, Cookbooks, Manga, Memoir, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Psychology, and Religion
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