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“Your body is the piece of the universe you've been given; as long as you have a pulse, it presents you with an ongoing shower of immediate sensate experiences.”
― Women, Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything
― Women, Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything
“Life is made up of marble and mud.”
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“Most of us are so enthralled with the scary tigers in our minds--our stories of loneliness, rejection, grief--that we don't realize they are in the past. They can't hurt us anymore.”
― Women, Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything
― Women, Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything
“At no point in history has a bright young girl with plenty of food and a good constitution perished from too much learning.”
― The Signature of All Things
― The Signature of All Things
“In this republican country, amid the fluctuating waves of our social life, somebody is always at the drowning-point.”
― The House of the Seven Gables
― The House of the Seven Gables
Alyssa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alyssa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
201 books
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65 friends
561 books
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37 friends
1,260 books
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37 friends
51 books
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7 friends
269 books
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4 friends
246 books
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10 friends
555 books
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17 friends
250 books
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9 friends
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