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“Time is
Too Slow for those who Wait,
Too Swift for those who Fear,
Too Long for those who Grieve,
Too Short for those who Rejoice;
But for those who Love,
Time is not.”
― Music and Other Poems
Too Slow for those who Wait,
Too Swift for those who Fear,
Too Long for those who Grieve,
Too Short for those who Rejoice;
But for those who Love,
Time is not.”
― Music and Other Poems
“What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real.”
― No One Belongs Here More Than You
― No One Belongs Here More Than You
“I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“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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“Presume not that I am the thing I was;
For God doth know, so shall the world perceive,
That I have turn'd away my former self;
So will I those that kept me company.”
― Henry IV, Part Two
For God doth know, so shall the world perceive,
That I have turn'd away my former self;
So will I those that kept me company.”
― Henry IV, Part Two
Alexis’s 2025 Year in Books
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Favorite Genres
Adult Fiction, Art, Book Club, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Historical fiction, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Literary Fiction, Manga, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Romance, Science, Science fiction, Suspense, Spirituality, Thriller, and Young-adult
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