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“Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief in the safety of their surroundings.”
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“Some men (fewer women) are solitary, unattached to any particular place or institution, most comfortable not exactly alone but in the presence of strangers.”
― Democracy
― Democracy
“Meadow found it riveting: what machines of comforting delusions we humans are. Our language, our words, our ever treading minds and interior thoughts, all of these to make an architecture of lies that even we almost believe. No wonder the world is such a mean place, each of us judging one another without seeing our own terrible cruelties.”
― Innocents and Others
― Innocents and Others
“It interested Carrie, where the film was going, however obvious its point; how enslaved we are by our bodies, our selves concealed. How much are we our bodies? And why is it so different for women? Why is Nicole's tumid, faded person so much less appealing than worn, old Jack? And it isn't just success or money. It is men and women. Carrie felt a heat rise in her face.”
― Innocents and Others
― Innocents and Others
“That is the thing about films. They don't change. The immutability of the film (or a book or a painting or a piece of music) is something to measure yourself against. That is one of the things a great work of art does. It stays there waiting for you to come back to it, and it shows you who you are now, each time a little different. But when it is your own film, it isn't immutable. It feels part of you, and so seems to change with you. The filming, the editing, the showing: all of it looks different to her.”
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Kristy’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Kristy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Contemporary and Fiction
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