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If from a young age our children are taught to value our relationship with them over the things we buy them, we set the stage for a reliance on their inner being rather than externals. A human will always choose relationships over gadgets
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“turns the hoop over and inspects the underside. She has always had a secret liking for this part of the embroidery, the ‘wrong’ side, congested with knots, striations of silk and twists of thread. How much more interesting it is, with its frank display of the labour needed to attain the perfection of the finished piece. She runs her hands over its cartography: she can tell which stitches are hers and which Isabella’s. Her own are clumsier, hastier, with an air of impatience and displeasure.”
― The Marriage Portrait
― The Marriage Portrait
“Words pressed themselves into her memory, like a shoe sole into soft mud, which would dry and solidify, the shoe print preserved for ever.”
― The Marriage Portrait
― The Marriage Portrait
Yukti’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Yukti’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
505 books
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168 friends
946 books
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148 friends
123 books
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150 friends
538 books
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238 friends
977 books
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161 friends
180 books
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117 friends
106 books
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202 friends
713 books
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297 friends
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