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Marissa Dai
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“My father once said we are all dealt a hand at birth. A good hand can ultimately lose—just as a poor hand can win—but we must all play the cards fate deals. The choices we face may not be the choices we want, but they are choices
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“Wine, he declared, "was given [to man] as a balm, and in order to implant modesty in the soul, and health and strength in the body.”
― A History of the World in 6 Glasses
― A History of the World in 6 Glasses
“The only way to learn is to live.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“Small places make for small lives. And some people are fine with that. They like knowing where to put their feet. But if you only walk in other people’s steps, you cannot make your own way. You cannot leave a mark.”
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
“It is so easy, while trapped in just the one life, to imagine that times of sadness or tragedy or failure or fear are a result of that particular existence. That it is a by-product of living a certain way, rather than simply living.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“March is such a fickle month. It is the seam between winter and spring—though seam suggests an even hem, and March is more like a rough line of stitches sewn by an unsteady hand, swinging wildly between January gusts and June greens. You don’t know what you’ll find, until you step outside.”
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
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Marissa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Marissa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Favorite Genres
Classics, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Memoir, Non-fiction, Romance, Self help, Thriller, and Young-adult
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