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“I accept it, and warmth spreads up my fingertips and through my body. A small part of me perks up, smiles. And I'm not sure the smiles reaches my face, but maybe this is how healing starts - small bits of happiness waking up inside you, until maybe one day it spreads through your whole self" -Lily”
― When You Trap a Tiger
― When You Trap a Tiger
“I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.”
― Cry, the Beloved Country
― Cry, the Beloved Country
“But when you can’t sleep at night, how can you dream?”
― The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
― The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
“There are a few times in life when you leap up and the past that you'd been standing on falls away behind you, and the future you mean to land on is not yet in place, and for a moment you're suspended knowing nothing and no one, not even yourself.”
― The Dutch House
― The Dutch House
“Women of my generation were brought up to not be in the way, to not trouble their surroundings with their presence. That is not the case with men, who take the space they are given for granted. My daughter sometimes says that I am so worried about being a nuisance that my worry itself becomes troublesome. Men don’t think like I do, but they should. They, too, can be in the way.”
― The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Make Your Loved Ones' Lives Easier and Your Own Life More Pleasant
― The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Make Your Loved Ones' Lives Easier and Your Own Life More Pleasant
Alyssa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alyssa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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963 books
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1,015 books
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121 books
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1,071 books
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1,533 books
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40 friends
98 books
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4,181 books
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79 friends
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