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"It's very silly of you to be so sensitive about your club-foot," she said. She saw him bush darkly, but went on. "You know, people don't think about it nearly as much as you do. They notice it the first time they see you, and then they
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“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
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“Reading literature is a way of reaching back to something bigger and older and different. It can give you the feeling that you belong to the past as well as the present, and it can help you realize that your present will someday be someone else’s past. This may be disheartening, but it can also be strangely consoling at times.”
― Why I Read: The Serious Pleasure of Books
― Why I Read: The Serious Pleasure of Books
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“We all know that each day that dawns is the first for some and will be the last for others, and that for most people it will be just another day.”
― The Double
― The Double
“To paraphrase several sages: Nobody can think and hit someone at the same time.”
― Regarding the Pain of Others
― Regarding the Pain of Others
Ali’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ali’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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58 friends
286 books
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463 books
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87 books
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154 books
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61 books
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152 books
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29 friends
367 books
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104 friends
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