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Alekhya Hanumanthu
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“Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.”
― Beloved
― Beloved
“Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form.”
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“For [Jane Austen and the readers of Pride and Prejudice], as for Mr. Darcy, [Elizabeth Bennett's] solitary walks express the independence that literally takes the heroine out of the social sphere of the houses and their inhabitants, into a larger, lonelier world where she is free to think: walking articulates both physical and mental freedom.”
― Wanderlust: A History of Walking
― Wanderlust: A History of Walking
“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.”
― The Conquest of Happiness
― The Conquest of Happiness
“There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under the jurisdiction. I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom I share my body and life and money and energy with. I can select what I can read and eat and study. I can choose how I'm going to regard unfortunate circumstances in my life-whether I will see them as curses or opportunities. I can choose my words and the tone of voice in which I speak to others. And most of all, I can choose my thoughts.”
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Alekhya’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Alekhya’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
893 books
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162 friends
306 books
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924 books
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327 books
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352 books
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545 books
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139 books
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208 books
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