“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
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“People love to say, “Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime.” What they don’t say is, “And it would be nice if you gave him a fishing rod.” That’s the part of the analogy that’s missing.”
― Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
“I teach you to be warriors in the garden so you will never be gardeners in the war.”
― Children of Blood and Bone
― Children of Blood and Bone
“She sounds like someone who spends a lot of time in libraries, which are the best sorts of people.”
― The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
― The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
Oona’s 2024 Year in Books
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