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Sonja is Currently Reading

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The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories

by Ken Liu (Goodreads Author)

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Sonja said: " Very excited to dive into this!!

A few years ago, I read one of the short stories from this collection and it literally made me cry. It was one of the best short stories I had ever read, so I'm very much looking forward to reading more! ...more "

Dec 30, 2024 02:42PM · see review

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An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)

by Sabaa Tahir (Goodreads Author)

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Sonja said: " I've owned An Ember in the Ashes for so many years now — it's high time that I read it!

I honestly don't know anything about this book other than the fact that some of my friends really love it... so I'm hoping I will love it too hehe ...more "

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"❝This life is not always what we think it will be,❞ Cain says. ❝You are an ember in the ashes, Elias Veturius. You will spark and burn, ravage and destroy. You cannot change it. You cannot stop it.❞" — Jul 31, 2023 12:43PM

Jul 31, 2023 12:43PM · see review

Sonja’s Quotes

“Have you ever asked yourself, do monsters make war, or does war make monsters?”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

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“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

tags: freedom, women, writing

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“I bet you could sometimes find all the mysteries of the universe in someone's hand.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

tags: answers, love, true, universe

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“So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

tags: feminism, writing

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“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: identity

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