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Jen is Currently Reading

Jen is currently reading

Cursed Daughters

by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2026, black-authors, botm, magical-realism, literary-fiction, mystery

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Jen’s Quotes

“Only write to me, write to me, I love to see the hop and skip and sudden starts of your ink.”
― A.S. Byatt, Possession

tags: letters, words

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“Archer reddened to the temples but dared not move or speak: it was as if her words had been some rare butterfly that the least motion might drive off on startled wings, but that might gather a flock if it were left undisturbed.”
― Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence

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“There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.”
― Mark Twain

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“It is fate that I am here,' George persisted, 'but you can call it Italy if it makes you less unhappy.”
― E. M. Forster, A Room with a View

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“For some people, history is simply what your wife looks good standing in front of. It's what's cast in bronze, or framed in sepia tones, or acted out with wax dummies and period furniture. It takes place in glass bubbles filled with water and chunks of plastic snow; it's stamped on souvenir pencils and summarized in reprint newspapers. History nowadays is recorded in memorabilia. If you can't purchase a shopping bag that alludes to something, people won't believe it ever happened.”
― Elizabeth McCracken

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