Alexia Cambaling

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Valentino / Sagittarius

by Natalia Ginzburg

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The Odyssey

by Homer

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Alexia’s Notes & Highlights

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

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outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions.

Poor Things

by Alasdair Gray

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Mr. Palomar

by Italo Calvino

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Alexia’s Quotes

“Who has not asked himself at some time or other: am I a monster or is this what it means to be a person?”
― Clarice Lispector, A Hora da Estrela

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“The saying goes, ‘The black tides of heaven direct the courses of human lives.’ To which a wise teacher said, ‘But as with all waters, one can swim against the tide.”
― J.Y. Yang, The Black Tides of Heaven

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“Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

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“Men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by the sense of touch, because everyone can see but few can test by feeling. Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are; and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion.”
― Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince

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“And Yesenia also knew, as she drowned in the old woman’s furious eyes, that Grandma despised her with every ounce of her being and in that very moment she was putting a curse on Yesenia, and in the faintest of voices Yesenia begged for forgiveness and explained that it had all been for her, but it was too late: once again, Grandma hit Yesenia where it hurt most, dying right there, trembling with hate in the arms of her eldest granddaughter.”
― Fernanda Melchor, Hurricane Season

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