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a prideful creature can talk themself into believing that every deed they do is legitimate. Thus, they both giddily and greedily spin their own doom.”
“They were not happy, they could not settle, they had the distrait air of cats whose feet had not been buttered.”
― One Fine Day
― One Fine Day
“Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with someone else's imagination after a day that's all too real.”
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“All I've ever tried to do is the right thing. If that's so very different from how things have been done before, then what's done before was wrong.”
― To Shape a Dragon's Breath
― To Shape a Dragon's Breath
“She glanced round the garden. It was perfect, she thought. They were always gloomy about it, her mother and father. Terrible, terrible, they said - as though a few old weeds mattered! She liked it shaggy, its lawns white with daisies, the golden rod and the aster making tunnels of green gloom through which one could creep comfortably. But in the grown-up world, isolated behind the glass partition, such things counted.”
― One Fine Day
― One Fine Day
“He looked at her amiably, as though she were a nice sofa. That must be the penalty of the grey hairs, the tired shadows under the eyes, that must be the beginning of getting old. She had noticed it. Young men looked at you as though you were a nice sofa, an article of furniture which they would never be desirous of acquiring.”
― One Fine Day
― One Fine Day
Persephone Books
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Persephone Books specializes in rediscovering 20th century novels, neglected women writers, twentieth century women writers and out of print books. Th ...more
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In this group, you will find great literature by British female authors. Recently we have added in female authors from other countries also. The books ...more
Raising the Middlebrow Book Club (1910-60)
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A bookclub that is member driven in its reading of the “middlebrow” genre and other undervalued women writers published in 1910-1960.
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Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more
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This is a group for those who participate in NetGalley.com to discuss the books that they have been reading from the website, share helpful hints, and ...more
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