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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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“Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.”
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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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“Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.”
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“If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.”
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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.
859 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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