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The House of the Spirits

by Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author)

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The Nuremberg Women: The Untold Story of the Eight Women Who Brought the Nazis to Justice

by Natalie Livingstone

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Lizzie ’s Quotes

“Nowadays I know the true reason I read is to feel less alone, to make a connection with a consciousness other than my own.”
― Zadie Smith, Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays

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“It is dreadful to think that behind me my own past is no longer anything but shifting darkness.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, The Woman Destroyed

tags: darkness, past

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“Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories.”
― Zadie Smith, White Teeth

tags: history

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“No, I do not weep at the world. I'm too busy sharpening my oyster knife.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Zora Neale Hurston: Folklore, Memoirs, & Other Writings

tags: inspirational-life

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“You are never stronger...than when you land on the other side of despair.”
― Zadie Smith, White Teeth

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