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“Cover her face; mine eyes dazzle. She died young.”
― The Duchess of Malfi
― The Duchess of Malfi
“What's this flesh? A little cruded milk
Fantastical puff-paste. Our bodies are weaker than those
Paper prisons boys use to keep flies in; more contemptible,
Since our is to preserve earth-worms. Didst thou ever seen
A lark in a cage? Such is the soul in the body: this world
Is like her little turf of grass, and the heaven o'er our heads
Like her looking-glass, only gives us a miserable knowledge
Of the small compass of our prison.”
― The Duchess of Malfi
Fantastical puff-paste. Our bodies are weaker than those
Paper prisons boys use to keep flies in; more contemptible,
Since our is to preserve earth-worms. Didst thou ever seen
A lark in a cage? Such is the soul in the body: this world
Is like her little turf of grass, and the heaven o'er our heads
Like her looking-glass, only gives us a miserable knowledge
Of the small compass of our prison.”
― The Duchess of Malfi
“I account this world a tedious theater,
For I do play a part in 't 'gainst my will.”
― The Duchess of Malfi
For I do play a part in 't 'gainst my will.”
― The Duchess of Malfi
“Whenever someone who knows you disappears, you lose one version of yourself. Yourself as you were seen, as you were judged to be. Lover or enemy, mother or friend, those who know us construct us, and their several knowings slant the different facets of our characters like diamond-cutter's tools. Each such loss is a step leading to the grave, where all versions blend and end.”
― The Ground Beneath Her Feet
― The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Dora’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Dora’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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406 friends
50 books
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145 friends
1,249 books
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146 friends
575 books
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250 friends
532 books
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69 friends
63 books
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462 friends
481 books
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52 friends
300 books
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51 friends
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