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“I've crossed some kind of invisible line. I feel as if I've come to a place I never thought I'd have to come to. And I don't know how I got here. It's a strange place. It's a place where a little harmless dreaming and then some sleepy, early-morning talk has led me into considerations of death and annihilation.”
― Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories
― Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories
“Change is one thing. Acceptance is another.”
― The God of Small Things
― The God of Small Things
“There is nothing like puking with somebody to make you into old friends.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“Sometimes, all you need is permission to feel. Sometimes, what causes the most pain is actually the attempt to resist feeling, or the shame that grows up like thorns around it.”
― The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
― The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
“What does it feel like to be lonely? It feels like being hungry: like being hungry when everyone around you is readying for a feast. It feels shameful and alarming, and over time these feelings radiate outwards, making the lonely person increasingly isolated, increasingly estranged. It hurts, in the way that feelings do, and it also has physical consequences that take place invisibly, inside the closed compartments of the body. It advances, is what I’m trying to say, cold as ice and clear as glass, enclosing and engulfing.”
― The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
― The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
Debbie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Debbie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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42 friends
11 books
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232 books
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99 books
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254 books
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203 books
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57 books
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77 books
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36 friends
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