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Watchmen by Alan Moore
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Enon by Paul Harding
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Mortality by Christopher Hitchens
Mortality
by Christopher Hitchens
read in March, 2013
Brilliant and thought-provoking. Not just about his experience with terminal cancer, but about his lifelong beliefs, the difficulties presented to him throughout his adult life by Christians and the media, and the people and philosophers who inspired...more
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Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
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Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert
read in March, 2013
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The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
The Buddha in the Attic
by Julie Otsuka
read in January, 2013
I think it's an important piece of historical fiction, and very lyrical at times. But because it follows a very large group of people, and not one or two main characters, I found it difficult to stay emotionally invested. It often felt journalistic a...more
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Astray by Emma Donoghue
Astray
by Emma Donoghue (Goodreads Author)
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Gertrude Stein
“Let me listen to me and not to them.”
Gertrude Stein

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it. ”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Sigmund Freud
“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.”
Sigmund Freud

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
“Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy.”
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Virginia Woolf
“Arrange whatever pieces come your way.”
Virginia Woolf

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