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Alice is Currently Reading

Alice is currently reading

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

by James Clear (Goodreads Author)

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Dec 19, 2025 06:26PM

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Crime Stories from the ‘Strand’

by Geraldine Beare

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Alice’s Notes & Highlights

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

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I can’t imagine explaining “sleep” to someone who had never heard of it. Hey, I’m going to fall unconscious and hallucinate for a while. By the way, I spend a third of my time doing this. And if I can’t do it for a while, I go insane and ...more

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Alice’s Quotes

“I know the world is a drawing-room, from which we must retire politely and honestly; that is, with a bow, and our debts of honor paid.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

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“When you're the only sane person, you look like the only insane person.”
― Criss Jami, Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality

tags: abnormal, appearance, being-different, craziness, humor, individuality, insanity, majority, minority, misunderstood, original, popularity, sanity, unique

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“I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don't always agree with them.”
― George H.W. Bush

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“It is impossible to overestimate how humourless underpaid journalists can be.”
― David Lagercrantz, The Girl in the Spider's Web

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“Society--civilized society, at least--is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and fascinating.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

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