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“Often, it’s not about becoming a new person, but becoming the person you were meant to be, and already are, but don’t know how to be.”
― Box of Hair: A Fairy Tale
― Box of Hair: A Fairy Tale
“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
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“We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations.”
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“Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.”
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“There were always in me, two women at least, one woman desperate and bewildered, who felt she was drowning and another who would leap into a scene, as upon a stage, conceal her true emotions because they were weaknesses, helplessness, despair, and present to the world only a smile, an eagerness, curiosity, enthusiasm, interest.”
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Alida’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alida’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
860 books
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23 friends
535 books
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33 friends
223 books
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170 friends
1,258 books
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111 friends
462 books
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117 friends
88 books
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16 friends
41 books
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7 friends
375 books
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9 friends
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