Talie

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Fuente Ovejuna

by Lope de Vega

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Un beso de amigo

by Juan Madrid

bookshelves: crime, español, books-i-own, currently-reading

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The Ethics of Ambiguity

by Simone de Beauvoir

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Talie’s Quotes

“Sometimes success demands a certain refined insanity.”
― Isobelle Carmody, The Keeping Place

tags: isobelle-carmody, obernewtyn, success, swallow

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“Every passion or wicked thought, every affliction or crime, every rebellion or catastrophe necessarily casts its shadow before it long before it manifests itself in real life.”
― Ismail Kadare, The Palace Of Dreams

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“Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.”
― Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

tags: philosophy

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“Every word out of his mouth felt like it was being etched into history; every glance contained a subtle rebuke, an invitation for others to measure themselves against him and discover the ways in which they were wanting.”
― Stuart Turton, The Devil and the Dark Water

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“We all play chess with Fate as partner. He makes a move, we make a move. He tries to checkmate us in three moves, we try to prevent it. We know we can't win, but we're driven to give him a good fight.”
― Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer

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