“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“But there is only one thing that has power completely, and this is love. Because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.”
― Cry, the Beloved Country
― Cry, the Beloved Country
“The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that things are not mended again.”
― Cry, the Beloved Country
― Cry, the Beloved Country
“Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that's the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire. Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing. Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.”
― Cry, the Beloved Country
― Cry, the Beloved Country
“The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law. Therefore if a law is unjust, and if the Judge judges according to the law, that is justice, even if it is not just.”
― Cry, the Beloved Country
― Cry, the Beloved Country
Peucinian Summer Reading 2025
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To once again share our overly ambitious summer reading lists and judge each other's past reads and reviews. ...more
Ava’s 2025 Year in Books
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