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“I’m an open book,” I say, thinking of all the men who have found it illegible.”
― Luster
― Luster
“Not for the first time Marianne thinks cruelty does not only hurt the victim, but the perpetrator also, and maybe more deeply and more permanently. You learn nothing very profound about yourself simply by being bullied; but by bullying someone else you learn something you can never forget.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“Most people go through their whole lives, without ever really feeling that close with anyone.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“If she was different with Connell, the difference was not happening inside herself, in her personhood, but in between them, in the dynamic.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“I noticed, before we left, a metal plate attached to the fence around the tower. On it was a Federal Communications Commission license number: 1215095. The number, along with an Internet connection, was enough to lead an inquisitive person to the story behind the tower. The application to use the tower to send a microwave signal had been filed in July 2012, and it had been filed by . . . well, it isn’t possible to keep any of this secret
anymore. A day’s journey in cyberspace would lead anyone who wished to know it into another incredible but true Wall Street
story, of hypocrisy and secrecy and the endless quest by human beings to gain a certain edge in an uncertain world. All that one needed to discover the truth about the tower was the desire to know it.”
― Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
anymore. A day’s journey in cyberspace would lead anyone who wished to know it into another incredible but true Wall Street
story, of hypocrisy and secrecy and the endless quest by human beings to gain a certain edge in an uncertain world. All that one needed to discover the truth about the tower was the desire to know it.”
― Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
Alexandra’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Alexandra’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
106 books
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14 friends
149 books
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37 friends
661 books
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52 friends
352 books
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14 friends
451 books
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203 friends
312 books
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94 friends
26 books
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4 friends
221 books
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59 friends
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