“Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.”
― The Second Sex
― The Second Sex
“Give me a daughter with your stubborn heart, or your even temper. Give our children your dark-bright eyes, or your enchanted smile. So that even when we are gone, the world will find within them all of the reasons why I loved you”
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“It is perfectly natural for the future woman to feel indignant at the limitations posed upon her by her sex. The real question is not why she should reject them: the problem is rather to understand why she accepts them.”
― The Second Sex
― The Second Sex
“If so few female geniuses are found in history, it is because society denies them any means of expression.”
― The Second Sex
― The Second Sex
“I think you know how to love better than any of us. That's why you find it all so painful.”
― Fleabag: The Scriptures
― Fleabag: The Scriptures
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Apoorva Singh’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Apoorva Singh’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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