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Giulia is Currently Reading

Giulia is currently reading

Novella degli scacchi

by Stefan Zweig

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(page 40 of 79)
— Jun 04, 2026 11:42PM

Jun 04, 2026 11:42PM

Giulia rated a book it was amazing

Una storia di amore e di tenebra

by Amos Oz

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Reading for the 2nd time

read in August 2021

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Giulia said: " Per capire davvero cosa significhi "lirismo" bisognerebbe leggere Una storia di amore e di tenebra.
Anche se di primo acchito la lunghezza potrebbe essere un deterrente, iniziando la lettura di capisce che in verità è un elemento essenziale della narr ...more "

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— Jun 04, 2026 12:30PM

Jun 04, 2026 12:29PM · see review

Giulia’s Quotes

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

tags: inspirational, optimism, perception, pessimism

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“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe

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“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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“Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables & Reflections

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