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“Some say that I was once uncommonly beautiful, but I wouldn't wish beauty on any woman who has not her own freedom, and who chooses not the hands that claim her.”
― Someone Knows My Name
― Someone Knows My Name
“The parts of your brain that are now activated include the same neurons in your visual cortex that would be activated if you were actually looking”
― Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
― Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
“Look around! Look what we’ve done to the world. We fucked everything up. In a few years it’s going to be unlivable. We don’t deserve to be stewards of this planet. And that pales to the things we do to each other. We’re monsters, Sander, and someone needs to end it.”
― The Sixth Borough
― The Sixth Borough
“Maeve O’Shaughnessy was one of those Americans, influenced by national hero and Nazi sympathizer Charles Lindbergh, who had been against becoming involved in the war.”
― The Cases Nobody Wanted
― The Cases Nobody Wanted
“But Anya, you're not any girl, you are someone very special. You have a gift of happiness that's almost magical".
To Anya the gentle fluttering of new life within reminded her that Adam had not only been there in Stockholm but would remain with her forever.
"It is completely possible. Idiopathic reversals of ovarian failure are well documented in the literature.”
― Prizes
To Anya the gentle fluttering of new life within reminded her that Adam had not only been there in Stockholm but would remain with her forever.
"It is completely possible. Idiopathic reversals of ovarian failure are well documented in the literature.”
― Prizes
Frances’s 2025 Year in Books
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