Lucía Álvarez

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The Diary of a Young Girl

by Anne Frank

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read in January 2023

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Mar 19, 2024 05:50AM

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The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Feb 11, 2026 03:49AM

“It's an entire world of just 64 squares. I feel safe in it. I can control it; I can dominate it. And it's predictable. So, if I get hurt, I only have myself to blame.”
― Walter Tevis, The Queen's Gambit

tags: beth-harmon, chess, grandmaster, world-champion

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“She was alone, and she liked it. It was the way she had learned everything important in her life.”
― Walter Tevis, The Queen's Gambit

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“And I thought about how, actually, if you wanted to, you could say the same thing about life. That life is terrifying and overwhelming and it can happen at any moment. And when you’re confronted with life you can either be cowardly or you can be brave, but either way you’re going to live. So you might as well be brave.”
― Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory

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“You deserve someone who will love you in all your damaged glory.”
― Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory: Stories

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