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“Love is a striking example of how little reality means to us.”
― In Search of Lost Time
― In Search of Lost Time
“I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.”
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“one might almost say that works of literature are like artesian wells, the deeper the suffering, the higher they rise.)”
― In Search of Lost Time [volumes 1 to 7]
― In Search of Lost Time [volumes 1 to 7]
“Women of my generation were given the lavish gift of our own agency by feminism—a belief that we could decide for ourselves how we would live, what would become of us.”
― The Rules Do Not Apply
― The Rules Do Not Apply
“I wanted what she [her mother] had wanted, what we all want: everything. We want a mate who feels like family and a lover who is exotic, surprising. We want to be youthful adventurers and middle aged mothers. We want intimacy and autonomy, safely and stimulation, reassurance and novelty, coziness and thrills. But we can't have it all.”
― The Rules Do Not Apply
― The Rules Do Not Apply
Olivia’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Olivia’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
473 books
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109 friends
11,743 books
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66 friends
1,613 books
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132 friends
487 books
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38 friends
610 books
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17 friends
432 books
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32 friends
826 books
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7 friends
1,646 books
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4,997 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Classics, Cookbooks, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Memoir, Poetry, Psychology, Romance, Science fiction, Travel, and Nonfiction
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