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"Forgive me, for all the things I did, but mostly for the ones I did not."

Donna Tartt, The Secret History

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“is it better to speak or to die?” altered my brain chemistry forever

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I love nerdy men with glasses. like sure, sexy, whatever you want (with hearts in my eyes)

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“It’s both a burden and a blessing to feel everything as deeply as I do.”

— Unknown

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Henry Winter would think he’s superior to people that vape because he smokes cigarettes and that’s the “real way” or something of the sort

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About me!

my name is Olivia but i go by Liv

i’m 16 years old

my favorite musical artists : lana del rey, life on venus, hozier, the neighborhood, tamino, imogen heap, david kushner, cocteau twins, and much more!

some facts about me : I plan on becoming a neurologist, i’ll have my CNA when i graduate high school, I love baking, I wasn’t a big fan of reading until recently, I love posting on pinterest. (livsfilm)

books I plan on reading :

the secret history - tartt

the virgin suicides - eugenides

the goldfinch - tartt

lolita - nabokov

dead poets society - kleinbaum

the picture of dorian gray - wilde

if we were villains - rio

red rising - brown

a hero of our time - lermontov

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here's some book recs!

Simple passion by Emilie Ernaux. originally in french from 1991, reissued in 2021 in english

100 page autobiographical-semi fiction essay about a hot woman in Paris.

she learns to deal with change, loss, lust and her self

and my favourite book ever: A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov.

1840, Russian Romanticism.i would describe it as a psychological depiction of a misunderstood society man.

chapter one is from the view of another character, chapter 2 and 3 are diary entries of our "Hero"

i love how Lermontov interacted with his contemporary writers. it is also relatively short

and of course there's Kafka's short prose. my favourite of those would be "Conversation with the Supplicant.

it's got me crying. i just feel seen by this long dead man

ill definitely look into these!

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@lovesdaya

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I need the secret history from Henry’s POV, or at least of his journals. Please Donna 🙏

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does anyone have book recommendations? I’d love to read more 💕

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I don’t think i’ll ever get over the secret history. It’s truly the best book i’ve read.

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Phoebe Tonkin is ethereal. ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪