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“Science, its imperfections notwithstanding, is the sword in the stone that humanity finally pulled. The question it poses, of universal and orderly materialism, is the most important that can be asked in philosophy and religion.”
― Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
― Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
“Tita knew through her own flesh how fire transforms the elements, how a lump of corn flour is changed into a tortilla, how a soul that hasn't been warmed by the fire of love is lifeless, like a useless ball of corn flour.”
― Like Water for Chocolate
― Like Water for Chocolate
“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”
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Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”
―
“The only people who see the whole picture,' he murmured, 'are the ones who step out of the frame.”
― The Ground Beneath Her Feet
― The Ground Beneath Her Feet
“Whenever someone who knows you disappears, you lose one version of yourself. Yourself as you were seen, as you were judged to be. Lover or enemy, mother or friend, those who know us construct us, and their several knowings slant the different facets of our characters like diamond-cutter's tools. Each such loss is a step leading to the grave, where all versions blend and end.”
― The Ground Beneath Her Feet
― The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Jiyati’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Jiyati’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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2,109 books
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2,432 books
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104 friends
182 books
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677 books
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47 friends
391 books
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121 friends
713 books
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94 friends
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