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The young warrior roused herself and went toward fear, prostrated three times, and asked, “May I have permission to go into battle with you?” Fear said, “Thank you for showing me so much respect that you ask permission.” Then the young
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“I looked like a woman in glasses, but I had dreams of leading a very different kind of life, the life of a woman who would not wear glasses, the kind of woman I saw from a distance now and then in a bar.”
― The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
― The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
“Women now were told not to settle for second best, told that they deserved better, but at a time, it seemed, when there was so much less to go around.”
― A Gate at the Stairs
― A Gate at the Stairs
“I missed him. Love, I realized, was something your spine memorized. There was nothing you could do about that.”
― Anagrams
― Anagrams
“I feared Sarah was one of those women who instead of laughing said, "That's funny," or instead of smiling said, "That's interesting," or instead of saying, "You are a stupid blithering idiot," said, "Well I think it's a little more complicated than that.”
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“It was like the classic scene in the movies where one lover is on the train and one is on the platform and the train starts to pull away, and the lover on the platform begins to trot along and then jog and then sprint and then gives up altogether as the train speeds irrevocably off. Except in this case I was all the parts: I was the lover on the platform, I was the lover on the train. And I was also the train.”
― A Gate at the Stairs
― A Gate at the Stairs
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Diana’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Diana’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
907 books
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313 friends
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567 books
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