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Jess’s Notes & Highlights

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

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But she was mistaken in thinking he realized the gravity of the fact as she, a woman, realized it.

Jess’s Quotes

“(We are sorry we never asked questions)
(We wanted to know but were afraid)
"Of what?"
(Answers to questions have weight)
(And we wanted to stay light)
(We are sorry)”
― Daniel Kraus, Whalefall

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“Wise as she was, she realized that people can postpone their rebellious phases until they're eighty-five years old, and she decided to keep an eye on herself.”
― Tove Jansson, The Summer Book

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“Do we really need our own misery to teach us to be kind?”
― Anne Michaels, Held

tags: kindness

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“Anything to avoid contending with the possibility that all this killing wasn’t the result of a system abused, but a system functioning exactly as intended.”
― Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

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