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“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
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“Today is the sort of day where the sun only comes up to humiliate you.”
― Fight Club
― Fight Club
“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.”
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“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
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“You don't read Gatsby, I said, to learn whether adultery is good or bad but to learn about how complicated issues such as adultery and fidelity and marriage are. A great novel heightens your senses and sensitivity to the complexities of life and of individuals, and prevents you from the self-righteousness that sees morality in fixed formulas about good and evil.”
― Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
― Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Ayako’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ayako’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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