January 2012
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“I had no family, and when you have no family you rely too much on your friends....”
– Altered States by Anita Brookner
Jan 3rd
“Illness serves as a corrective: one emerges from it sober but diminished. One...”
– Altered States by Anita Brookner
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December 2011
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2011 in Books
I read 56 books this year, including 12 rereads (all of the Little House books and the last three Harry Potter books). That’s much higher than last year and I hope to continue reading as much, if not more, in 2012. I read quite a mix of books this year, from classics to newly published, from plays to autobiographies. I’m only listing the books that I read for the first time this...
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“The primary reason to study Blake and Dickinson and Freud and Dickens is not to...”
– Mark Edmundson (1952- )
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“When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my...”
– Michel de Montaigne (via libraryland) I run to Harry Potter and The Little House books.
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“Weight and body oppression is oppressive to everyone. When you live in a society...”
– Golda Poretsky (via feminishblog) So true.
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“But there are moments when one has to choose between living one’s own life,...”
– Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan (via suzywire)
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Dec 1st
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Right now, I want to scream. I want to break something. I want to cry so hard that I can’t breathe. I want to lash out at everyone and hurt them. I am SO ANGRY and I don’t know where it’s coming from. Yes, I can name reasons for being angry but they’re not what’s driving this strangling emotion. I want a do-over in life. One where I don’t have bipolar disorder....
Dec 1st
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“The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you...”
– Spinoza (via funeral)
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