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“He used to be a bad boy,” she said. “I looked him up on social media. Tattoos, always partying. And a musician.”
That I hadn’t expected. “Really?”
“He was a drummer before taking over his daddy’s empire. Very sexy.”
― A Taste of Peace
That I hadn’t expected. “Really?”
“He was a drummer before taking over his daddy’s empire. Very sexy.”
― A Taste of Peace
“Human lives seldom conform to the conventions of fiction. Chekhov says that it is in the beginnings and endings of stories that we are most tempted to lie.”
― Crossing to Safety
― Crossing to Safety
“Any fool can get into a fight, but a wise man knows how to stay out of them.”
― The Pillars of the Earth
― The Pillars of the Earth
“God knows far more about living a life of joy and blessings than we do.”
― Slow Brewing Tea
― Slow Brewing Tea
“Misogynists have often reproached intellectual women for 'letting themselves go'; but they also preach to them: if you want to be our equals, stop wearing makeup and polishing your nails. This advice is absurd. Precisely because the idea of femininity is artificially defined by customs and fashion, it is imposed on every woman from the outside[...]. The individual is not free to shape the idea of femininity at will.”
― The Second Sex
― The Second Sex
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