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“You're always in a rush, or else you're too exhausted to have a proper conversation. Soon enough, the long hours, the traveling, the broken sleep have all crept into your being and become part of you, so everyone can see it, in your posture, your gaze, the way you move and talk.”
― Never Let Me Go
― Never Let Me Go
“When we define the Photograph as a motionless image, this does not mean only that the figures it represents do not move; it means that they do not (i)emerge(i), do not (i)leave(i): they are anesthetized and fastened down, like butterflies.”
― Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography [Paperback]
― Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography [Paperback]
“At that moment I was sure. That I belonged in my skin. That my organs were mine and my eyes were mine and my ears, which could only hear the silence of this night and my faint breathing, were mine, and I loved them and what they could do.”
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“Everything I’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it.”
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“Am I in love? --yes, since I am waiting. The other one never waits. Sometimes I want to play the part of the one who doesn't wait; I try to busy myself elsewhere, to arrive late; but I always lose at this game. Whatever I do, I find myself there, with nothing to do, punctual, even ahead of time. The lover's fatal identity is precisely this: I am the one who waits.”
― A Lover's Discourse: Fragments
― A Lover's Discourse: Fragments
Melissa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Melissa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
309 books
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86 friends
362 books
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76 friends
359 books
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268 friends
66 books
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76 friends
478 books
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261 friends
430 books
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66 friends
451 books
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29 friends
159 books
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22 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Chick-lit, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Music, Non-fiction, Poetry, Psychology, Science fiction, Self help, and Travel
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