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“I believe one writes because one has to create a world in which one can live.”
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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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“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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“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
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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