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Intellectually, I knew her criticisms of my body said more about her than they did about me; I knew they reflected the wider cultural values we’d both been steeped in all our lives that equated thinness with female beauty and, indeed,
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“Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“Does such a thing as 'the fatal flaw,' that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“But you have a vision. You put a frame around it. You sign your name anyway. That's the risk. That's the leap.”
― Today Will Be Different
― Today Will Be Different
“She read the color-coded series of Andrew Lang's fairy tales to her mother. They became lost in an enchanted cottage with vines growing over the window. It was dark and it was quiet and they could hear each other softly breathing. Every story had the same message: what was deep inside could only be deciphered by someone who understood how easily a heart could be broken.”
― Faithful
― Faithful
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Ashley’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ashley’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
645 books
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8 friends
358 books
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10 friends
12 books
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1 friend
42 books
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3 friends
0 books
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16 friends
1 book
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52 friends
101 books
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5 friends
976 books
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321 friends
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