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Glossing over the fact that Zionism was ultimately meant to lead to Jewish domination of Palestine, Herzl employed a justification that has been a touchstone for colonialists at all times and in all places and that would become a staple
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“Sharing with one’s neighbors out of free choice was one’s right. But government seizure of one’s wages and property for the purposes of redistribution of wealth at the barrel of a gun was tyranny.”
― Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents' Tailor
― Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents' Tailor
“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
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“She had always liked this image of herself as too much trouble, as different, and she sometimes thought of it as a carapace that kept her safe.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
“There was something wrong with her. She did not know what it was but there was something wrong with her. A hunger, a restlessness. An incomplete knowledge of herself. The sense of something farther away, beyond her reach.”
― Half of a Yellow Sun
― Half of a Yellow Sun
“She did not tell him this, because it would hurt him to know she had felt that way for a while, that her relationship with him was like being content in a house but always sitting by the window and looking out.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
Clara’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Clara’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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384 friends
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117 friends
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7 friends
143 books
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1,108 books
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357 friends
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368 friends
2,178 books
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779 friends
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47 friends
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