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The Secret History

by Donna Tartt

bookshelves: ult-faves, mindfvcks, campus-novels, currently-reading

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read in April 2022

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

by Betty Smith

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“Soon I hear the call of birds, and I’m reminded of their flight, of their dazzling nature to be splendid beings to which we can look up and remember the flight of our own lives.”
― Nathanael Koah, Birds on a Carousel

tags: inspirational, life-lessons, philosophy, reflections

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“Hundreds of years ago, their parents might have abandoned their babies in the woods. Instead, the neglect was stretched out over many years, a slow-motion withering. The kids were still abandoned, still neglected in the woods, but the forest was lovely.”
― Emma Cline, The Guest

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“Ellwood smiled, and a sudden, dry bleakness spread over Gaunt’s heart as he thought of Hercules, and Hector, and all the heroes in myth who found happiness briefly, only for it not to be the end of the story.”
― Alice Winn, In Memoriam

tags: feelings-and-emotions, life, love, rd16

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