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By Any Other Name

by Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author)

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"I am remembering now why I stopped reading Jodi Picoult. Her research into Shakespeare is obviously deep and layered, and she sprinkles Shakespearean easter eggs in the dialogue throughout flashback to the 1600s. Then she ruins the illusion by using a phrase like “chewing the scenery”. It’s jarring. (And no, that’s not Shakespeare, I double checked.)" — Apr 13, 2026 08:28PM

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“Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are gods.”
― Christopher Hitchens, The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever