Lizzie
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“With a heart unaccustomed to doubting, he never wondered for an instant whether the girl would brave such a storm to keep their rendezvous. He knew nothing of that melancholy and all-too-effective way of passing time by magnifying and complicating his feelings, whether of happiness or uneasiness, through the exercise of imagination.”
― The Sound of Waves
― The Sound of Waves
“Really I don't like human nature unless all candied over with art”
― The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume Four: 1931-1935
― The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume Four: 1931-1935
“But sitting here I knew I was experiencing the mitigated bliss of those who are too superstitious to claim they may get all they've ever dreamed of but are too grateful not to know it could easily be taken away.”
― Call Me By Your Name
― Call Me By Your Name
“Few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography that it shall be flattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices. If we could banish all such preconceptions when we read, that would be an admirable beginning.”
― The Second Common Reader
― The Second Common Reader
“Arrange whatever pieces come your way.”
― A Writer's Diary
― A Writer's Diary
Persephone Books
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Persephone Books specializes in rediscovering 20th century novels, neglected women writers, twentieth century women writers and out of print books. Th ...more
The one who reads several books
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If you read several books at once, this club is for you. Do people keep asking you why you read so many books at once? Or do they scoff and say that ...more
Lizzie’s 2025 Year in Books
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