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Jewish Public Culture in the Late Russian Empire (The Modern Jewish Experience)

by Jeffrey Veidlinger

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Open Heart: Acclaimed Israeli Literature – A Doctor's Journey to Asia Where Women Awaken Forbidden Desire (Harvest Book)

by A.B. Yehoshua

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Station Eleven

by Emily St. John Mandel (Goodreads Author)

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jessa’s Quotes

“I'd rather die on an adventure than live standing still.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

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“I can't hold enough of you in my hands.”
― Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena

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“..time is always the price we pay for the unlived life.”
― André Aciman, Find Me

tags: life, price, time, unlived

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“Most of us can't help but live as though we've got two lives to live, one is the mockup, the other the finished version, and then there are all those versions in between.”
― André Aciman

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“Zwischen Immer und Nie. Zwischen Immer und Nie. Between always and never.”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

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