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Karen is Currently Reading

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Suspended Sentences: Three Novellas (The Margellos World Republic of Letters)

by Patrick Modiano

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'DUNGEON, FIRE AND SWORD: THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR IN THE CRUSADES'

by John J. Robinson

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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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Karen’s Quotes

“Don't classify me, read me. I'm a writer, not a genre.”
― Carlos Fuentes

tags: carlos, fuentes, genre, writing

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“Tout passe, la vérité seule demeure. »”
― Bruno Le Maire, Le Ministre

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“You start by writing to live. You end by writing so as not to die.”
― Carlos Fuentes

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