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He’s the first person who affirms that feeling depressed and adrift is a rational response to living in Paris. ‘Imagine dying and being grateful you’d gone to heaven, until one day (or one century) it dawned on you that your main mood was
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“I want men to admire me, but that's a trick you learn at school--a movement of the eyes, a tone of voice, a touch of the hand on the shoulder or the head. If they think you admire them, they will admire you because of your good taste, and when they admire you, you have an illusion for a moment that there's something to admire.”
― The End of the Affair
― The End of the Affair
“The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret. [Fred. Free.]”
― The Truth: Stage Adaptation
― The Truth: Stage Adaptation
“Maybe...you'll fall in love with me all over again."
"Hell," I said, "I love you enough now. What do you want to do? Ruin me?"
"Yes. I want to ruin you."
"Good," I said. "That's what I want too.”
― A Farewell to Arms
"Hell," I said, "I love you enough now. What do you want to do? Ruin me?"
"Yes. I want to ruin you."
"Good," I said. "That's what I want too.”
― A Farewell to Arms
“I hate you, God. I hate you as though you actually exist.”
― The End of the Affair
― The End of the Affair
“I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn't capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
Ada’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ada’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
760 books
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27 friends
1,348 books
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68 friends
414 books
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68 friends
216 books
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130 friends
787 books
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109 friends
2,110 books
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473 friends
1,620 books
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41 friends
618 books
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70 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Book Club, Business, Classics, Fiction, Food, History, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Science, Self help, and Spirituality
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