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4/5 stars — belly whenever there’s emotional turmoil or interpersonal conflict: 🏊♀️🏃♀️💨for me this was not as strong as book one- the timeline felt harder to follow (flashbacks were less clearly defined, plus now we’ve introduced Jeremiah’s POV), a ...more "
4 It seems obvious to say, and yet worth saying, that most of these moments of violence are due to the colonialist’s instinct to transport, cage, and own what is fundamentally unownable: a wild animal, or even nature itself.
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― Anne of Green Gables
― Anne of Green Gables
“But our wishes are like tinder: the flint and steel of circumstances are continually striking out sparks, which vanish immediately, unless they chance to fall upon the tinder of our wishes; then, they instantly ignite, and the flame of hope is kindled in a moment.”
― Agnes Grey
― Agnes Grey
“What a fool you must be," said my head to my heart, or my sterner to my softer self.”
― Agnes Grey
― Agnes Grey
“Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.”
― Rose in Bloom
― Rose in Bloom
“He had not breathed a word of love, or dropped one hint of tenderness or affection, and yet I had been supremely happy. To be near him, to hear him talk as he did talk, and to feel that he thought me worthy to be so spoken to - capable of understanding and duly appreciating such discourse - was enough.”
― Agnes Grey
― Agnes Grey
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