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The Heart's Invis...
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Barbara Barbara said: " Heartbreaking, humorous, tragic, and uplifting all at once. Immensely compelling story with well-drawn characters. "

 
The Fox Wife
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Her hands are like my mother’s hands but there is something else in them too, something I have never felt before and have no name for. I feel at such a loss for words but this is a new place, and new words are needed.
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Warren Zanes
“Nebraska made it almost impossible for critics to miss Springsteen's willingness to take a chance in the name of his art. If Springsteen was driven simply by fame and mainstream success, there would have been no good reason to make or release a Nebraska. The album made it impossible to use the word "sellout.”
Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

Silvia Moreno-Garcia
“Prohibition had been good to Tijuana . . . . The number of saloons had doubled in the span of a few years. Gambling clubs mushroomed: Monte Carlo, the Tivoli Bar, the Foreign Club. Raunchy establishments mixed with others that promised a glimpse of "old Mexico," a false creation more romantic than any Hollywood film. But what did the tourists know? The Americans streamed into Mexico, ready to construct a new playground for themselves, to drink the booze that was forbidden in Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco, but flowed abundantly across the border. Lady Temperance had no abode here.”
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow

Costanza Casati
“Power changes men, and not for the better or kings and soldiers wouldn't be so merciless. And on such power the world is built: gods and kings at the top, who are bound to no will but their own., then governors and courtiers, then soldiers and so on, until, at the bottom, common people such as herself. All commoners can do is pray and worship, gaining favors with loyalty and adulation. And, of course, subdue those even smaller and weaker than they are.”
Costanza Casati, Babylonia

Katherine J. Chen
“What would I gain by being a man?" she says. "A cock, a deeper voice, hair across my chest. I would not become stronger. I am already strong." And, she thinks, I would inherit several weaknesses of man's nature: his lust, his boundless aggression, his desire to tame all that he touches--the beasts of the field, the earth, women. For a man cannot see anything in the world without wishing to wear it like a trophy on his back, to call himself master over it. To her, this is what it means to be a man.”
Katherine J. Chen, Joan

Costanza Casati
“The poets say that men are made for glory, but gods want glory for themselves. So to make men vulnerable, they gave them the gift of love.”
Costanza Casati, Babylonia

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