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“That is the true mingling of kinship when a man can tell someone all his thoughts; anything is better than to be fickle; he is no true friend who only says pleasant things.”
― The Poetic Edda
― The Poetic Edda
“Marianne had the sense that her real life was happening somewhere very far away, happening without her, and she didn't know if she would ever find out where it was or become part of it.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“Most people go through their whole lives, without ever really feeling that close with anyone.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“Life is the thing you bring with you inside your own head.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“It was culture as class performance, literature fetishised for its ability to take educated people on false emotional journeys, so that they might afterwards feel superior to the uneducated people whose emotional journeys they liked to read about.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
Our Shared Shelf
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OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
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This is a group for Swedes on Goodreads or anyone interested in Sweden and Swedish literature. Här pratar vi svenska böcker eller pratar om böcker, li ...more
#SeekToUnderstand
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For those asking “Why would they say that?” or “How can they think that?”, this is a group where these are not rhetorical questions. We really want to ...more
Izzy’s 2025 Year in Books
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