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“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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“Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.”
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“The surest way of concealing from others the boundaries of one's own knowledge is not to overstep them.”
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“Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep—it can't be done abruptly.”
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“History does not always repeat itself. Sometimes it just yells, 'Can't you remember anything I told you?' and lets fly with a club.”
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This is a group where we meet online to discuss books from the 101 books to read before you die list. We read one book from the list per month. To com ...more
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OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
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