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Aubrey McCabe

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Orientalism

by Edward W. Said

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"I lost this book for a long time and need to finish it ASAP now that I have it back lmao" — Dec 31, 2023 11:29AM

Jun 15, 2023 02:48PM

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Lenin: A Biography

by Robert Service

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"This book keeps talking about how Lenin would bang his head as a baby and how his head was so much bigger than his legs he was top heavy and would fall over when trying to crawl… CAN WE SKIP TO THE REVOLUTION PLS" — Jul 12, 2023 09:32PM

Apr 04, 2023 06:16PM

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The Left Hand of Darkness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Aubrey’s Quotes

“Does such a thing as 'the fatal flaw,' that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

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“Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

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“In short: I felt my existence was tainted, in some subtle but essential way.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

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“Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones that I did not.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

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“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

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