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“The struggle of literature is in fact a struggle to escape from the confines of language; it stretches out from the utmost limits of what can be said; what stirs literature is the call and attraction of what is not in the dictionary.”
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“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.”
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“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
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“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
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“For [Jane Austen and the readers of Pride and Prejudice], as for Mr. Darcy, [Elizabeth Bennett's] solitary walks express the independence that literally takes the heroine out of the social sphere of the houses and their inhabitants, into a larger, lonelier world where she is free to think: walking articulates both physical and mental freedom.”
― Wanderlust: A History of Walking
― Wanderlust: A History of Walking
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Debra’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Debra’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
263 books
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14 friends
537 books
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821 books
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72 friends
548 books
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717 books
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204 friends
1,441 books
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86 friends
2,073 books
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238 friends
536 books
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1,073 friends
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Adult Fiction, Art, Biography, Book Club, Chick-lit, Classics, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Cooking, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Food, Historical fiction, History, Literary Fiction, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Psychology, Religion, Romance, Science, Science fiction, Self help, Spirituality, Thriller, and Young-adult
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