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“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.”
― Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
― Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
“There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life.
" Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope.”
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" Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope.”
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“It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible....”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“[...]the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”
― On the Road
― On the Road
Ananya’s 2023 Year in Books
Take a look at Ananya’s Year in Books. The good, the bad, the long, the short—it’s all here.
Favorite Genres
Biography, Classics, Contemporary, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Science, Self help, Thriller, and Travel
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