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“The emerging woman ... will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied...strength and beauty must go together.”
― An Old-Fashioned Girl
― An Old-Fashioned Girl
“Maybe that's what love is, I thought: it's being pissed off.”
― The Year of the Flood
― The Year of the Flood
“Kelimeler bizi yaralayacakları zaman devleşir, bize hizmet edecekleri zamansa cüceleşirler.”
― The Woman in White
― The Woman in White
“It was a surprise, and a delight, to see children devour books. Without ever knowing it, they were receiving an education.”
― Alas, Babylon
― Alas, Babylon
“The snowfall obliterated the borders between the fields and made Kabuo Miyamoto's long-cherished seven acres indistinguishable from the land that surrounded them. All human claims to the landscape were superseded, made null and void by the snow. The world was one world, and the notion that a man might kill another over some small patch of it did not make sense.”
― Snow Falling on Cedars
― Snow Falling on Cedars
Merlene’s 2024 Year in Books
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