Elle

Elle’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (778)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (832)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
general-fiction‎ (254)
library‎ (196)
library-no‎ (186)
graphic-novels-and-comics‎ (164)
memoir-autobiography‎ (148)
childrens-older‎ (124)
classics‎ (113)
nonfiction‎ (99)

historical-fiction‎ (82)
thriller‎ (63)
young-adult‎ (62)
fantasy‎ (48)
romance‎ (43)
alonzo‎ (31)
mystery‎ (30)
childrens‎ (28)
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evie-lulu‎ (19)

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dystopian‎ (17)
world-literature‎ (17)
childhood‎ (16)
saga‎ (16)
photography‎ (15)
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comfort-books‎ (12)
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science-fiction‎ (7)
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japanese-stories‎ (6)
korean-stories‎ (6)
got-that-crackle‎ (5)
philosophy‎ (5)

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Elle’s Quotes

“When a man blasphemes, what do we do? Do we go and stop his mouth? No. We put our fingers into our ears to stop us hearing. This is a wise action.”
― Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

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“I've forgotten what gets revealed right after you break up with someone.”
― Lily King, Writers & Lovers

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“However the simple fact that they have been resounding failures in our century does give them a certain spiritual quality. For all we know, they may be-these crushed wretches-the saints of our age.”
― John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

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“I squat there and think about how you get trained early on as a woman to perceive how others are perceiving you, at the great expense of what you yourself are feeling about them. Sometimes you mix the two up in a terrible tangle that’s hard to unravel.”
― Lily King, Writers & Lovers

tags: clarity, feelings, perception, women

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“The hardest thing about writing is getting in every day, breaking through the membrane.The second-hardest thing is getting out. Sometimes I sink down too deep and come up too fast. Afterward I feel wide open and skinless. The whole world feels moist and pliable.”
― Lily King, Writers & Lovers

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