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“So he left her, and she was alone. Very few people cared for her, and she for very few people. She remained alone with herself, waiting.”
― Sons and Lovers
― Sons and Lovers
“Well, you know how niggers is. Can't nobody tell 'em nothing even today. Can't be ruled. Every nigger you see got a kingdom in his head.”
― The Color Purple
― The Color Purple
“He would come back. She held the keys to his soul. But meanwhile, how he would torture her with his battle against her. She shrank from it.”
― Sons and Lovers
― Sons and Lovers
“Transire suum pectus mundoque potiri.' To rise above oneself. That will do. That is enough.”
― The Lives of Others
― The Lives of Others
“She did not at the bottom believe she ever would have him. She did not believe in herself primarily: doubted whether she could ever be what he would demand of her. Certainly she never saw herself living happily through a lifetime with him. She saw tragedy, sorrow, and sacrifice ahead.”
― Sons and Lovers
― Sons and Lovers
Shrestha’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shrestha’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,300 books
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7,786 friends
333 books
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594 friends
306 books
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66 friends
1,062 books
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123 friends
331 books
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1,789 friends
14 books
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178 friends
655 books
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181 friends
1,140 books
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4,768 friends
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