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“I’m sorry to say that I think it is too late to change the way we have turned out. The turning-out process has come to an end, and we are to a very great extent what we are.”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
“I began to feel it all over again – the nearness, the possibility of beauty, like a light radiating softly from behind the visible world, illuminating everything.”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
“I had hoped you might be my Banquo.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“And life is more changeable than I thought. I mean a life can be miserable for a long time and then later happy. It’s not just one thing or another—it doesn’t get fixed into a groove called ‘personality’ and then run along that way until the end.”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
“The streets were quiet and dark, and the air was oddly warm and still, and on the quays the office buildings were all lit up inside, and empty, and underneath everything, beneath the surface of everything, I began to feel it all over again--the nearness, the possibility of beauty, like a light radiating softly from behind the visible world, illuminating everything.”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
Emily’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Emily’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
53 books
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5 friends
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16 friends
29 books
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4 friends
0 books
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4 friends
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4 friends
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18 friends
282 books
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10 friends
0 books
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9 friends
Favorite Genres
Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Romance, and Suspense
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