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“I'm not a stranger," I said, and pointed to his book. "I'm someone who reads the same authors you do.”
― When Did You See Her Last?
― When Did You See Her Last?
“I remember one morning getting up at dawn. There was such a sense of possibility. You know, that feeling. And I... I remember thinking to myself: So this is the beginning of happiness, this is where it starts. And of course there will always be more...never occurred to me it wasn't the beginning. It was happiness. It was the moment, right then.”
― The Hours
― The Hours
“You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say “no” to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger “yes” burning inside. The enemy of the “best” is often the “good.”
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“Try to learn to let what is unfair teach you.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“Fiction is one of the few experiences where loneliness can be both confronted and relieved. Drugs, movies where stuff blows up, loud parties -- all these chase away loneliness by making me forget my name's Dave and I live in a one-by-one box of bone no other party can penetrate or know. Fiction, poetry, music, really deep serious sex, and, in various ways, religion -- these are the places (for me) where loneliness is countenanced, stared down, transfigured, treated.”
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Oksana’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Oksana’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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274 books
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657 books
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97 books
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68 books
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53 books
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33 friends
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