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“There’s no such thing as ruining your life. Life’s a pretty resilient thing, it turns out.”
― The Undomestic Goddess
― The Undomestic Goddess
“Solina,” my mother turns to me. “You fight like a coward. In silence. Without striking a blow.”
The unfairness stings. “And yet I just won.”
― Boudicca's Daughter
The unfairness stings. “And yet I just won.”
― Boudicca's Daughter
“It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life”
― Ghosts
― Ghosts
“Na terra há tristeza dentro das coisas bonitas. 'Isso é por causa da saudade', disse o rapaz. 'Mas o que é saudade?', perguntou a Menina do Mar. 'A saudade é a tristeza que fica em nós quando as coisas de que gostamos se vão embora'.”
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“For people could close their eyes to greatness, to horrors, to beauty, and their ears to melodies or deceiving words. But they couldn't escape scent. For scent was a brother of breath. Together with breath it entered human beings, who couldn't defend themselves against it, not if they wanted to live. And scent entered into their very core, went directly to their hearts, and decided for good and all between affection and contempt, disgust and lust, love and hate. He who ruled scent ruled the hearts of men.”
― Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
― Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
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This is the reading club hosted by Colleen Houck, the author of the NYT bestselling series TIGER'S CURSE & the NYT bestselling novel REAWAKENED. Once ...more
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