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The "own" shelf is for books that you own. Either you have purchased them or stolen them. They are in your possession and are not library books.
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But remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest.
Maybe none of this is about control. Maybe it isn't really about who can own whom, who can do what to whom and get away with it, even as far as death. Maybe it isn't about who can sit and who has to kneel or stand or lie down, legs spread open. Maybe it's about who can do what to whom and be forgiven for it. Never tell me it amounts to the same thing.
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― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
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Every woman should have a purse of her own.
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