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Bryn’s Notes & Highlights

The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker

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To close one’s eyes can be an act of survival.

Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)

by Connie Willis

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Bryn’s Quotes

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

tags: husband, marriage, opening-lines, wife

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“There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you are so enthralled you cannot move, they pierce your skin, enter your blood, numb your thoughts. Inside you they work their magic.”
― Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale

tags: books, power-of-words

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“When I was a child, adults would tell me not to make things up, warning me of what would happen if I did. As far as I can tell so far, it seems to involve lots of foreign travel and not having to get up too early in the morning.”
― Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions

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“I am a fallen woman, but I assure you: I did not fall. I was pushed.”
― Michel Faber

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“It is only a novel... or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

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Can't remember the title of a book you read? Come search our bookshelves and discussion posts. If you don’t find it there, post a description on our U ...more

Reading Challenge 2013 — 3 members — last activity Jan 12, 2013 03:27PM
The List -The Lantern, by Deborah Lawrenson -The Map of True Places, by Brunonia Barry -Forever Amber, by Kathleen Winsor -Three Musketeers, by Alexan ...more

Our Shared Shelf — 222866 members — last activity 8 hours, 23 min ago
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