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Farmland was a priority for the Reich because, if there was one lesson they’d learned from the previous conflict, it was that no one can endure a war without food. The German farmhands were sent off to war, but if manpower were needed to
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“The only real treasure is in your head. Memories are better than diamonds and nobody can steal them from you”
― The Last Book in the Universe
― The Last Book in the Universe
“This country’s passion for property is built into the blood, a current as huge and primal as desire. Centuries of being turned out on the roadside at a landlord’s whim, helpless, teach your bones that everything in life hangs on owning your home.”
― The Likeness
― The Likeness
“Infinite sadness is not to trust an old friend.”
― Straight
― Straight
“The dead are never far from us. They're in our hearts and on our minds and in the end all that separates us from them is a single breath, one final puff of air.”
― Ordinary Grace
― Ordinary Grace
“Time is a cruel thief to rob us of our former selves. We lose as much to life as we do to death.”
― A Woman of Independent Means
― A Woman of Independent Means
Ask Emma Donoghue - Tuesday, April 22nd!
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Join us on Tuesday, April 22nd, for a special discussion with authorEmma Donoghue ! The author will be discussing her book Frog Music. Become a fan o ...more
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