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Linda Loretz

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We were prisoners of love—but not as poets would describe it. We had lost hope and equanimity, but not for any passion of our own. The lust of a young man confined us. His wealth and his position trapped us upstairs.

Flashlight

by Susan Choi

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The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny

by Kiran Desai

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“Isolation offered its own form of companionship: the reliable silence of her rooms, the steadfast tranquility of the evenings. The promise that she would find things where she put them, that there would be no interruption, no surprise. It greeted her at the end of each day and lay still with her at night.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland

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“If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage

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“We are like water, aren’t we? We can be fluid, flexible when we have to be. But strong and destructive, too.” And something else, I think to myself. Like water, we mostly follow the path of least resistance.”
― Wally Lamb, We Are Water

tags: adversity, destructive, flexible, human-nature, life, path, resistance, self-awareness, strong, willful

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Linda’s Groups

Tackling the Pulitzer Prize Winners! — 817 members — last activity Jan 02, 2026 12:53PM
The Pulitzer Prize literature winners comprise a phenomenal collection of novels. Join us as we tackle the monumental task of reading all of the winne ...more

New & Noteworthy Book Club | Oxford Exchange — 21 members — last activity Jun 01, 2023 11:59AM
Discuss recent fiction with us! Book Club is moderated by the Oxford Exchange Bookstore and meets virtually every LAST WEDNESDAY of the month! Join us ...more

OE Original Book Club — 8 members — last activity Apr 05, 2021 06:29AM
Est. 2012 Join Tracy Bailey at Oxford Exchange on the second Tuesday of every month to discuss our monthly Book Club selection. $28 to attend the mon ...more