Jola
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"She felt a depression of spirits, a quickened sense of loss as if ghosts could haunt with their absence as much as by their presence." — Jun 14, 2026 10:38PM
"She felt a depression of spirits, a quickened sense of loss as if ghosts could haunt with their absence as much as by their presence." — Jun 14, 2026 10:38PM
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"She [Mrs Lecount] twined herself in and out of every weakness in his character, as the frogs and efts twined themselves in and out of the rock-work of her Aquarium. But she made one serious mistake which very clever people in their intercourse with their intellectual inferiors are almost universally apt to commit – she trusted implicitly to the folly of a fool." — Jun 17, 2026 10:50AM
"She [Mrs Lecount] twined herself in and out of every weakness in his character, as the frogs and efts twined themselves in and out of the rock-work of her Aquarium. But she made one serious mistake which very clever people in their intercourse with their intellectual inferiors are almost universally apt to commit – she trusted implicitly to the folly of a fool." — Jun 17, 2026 10:50AM
“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
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“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
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Jola’s 2025 Year in Books
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