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Kukum

by Michel Jean (Goodreads Author)

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Jan 05, 2026 09:48AM

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The Vicar of Bullhampton

by Anthony Trollope

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Jan 01, 2026 12:57PM

“I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat, or a prostitute.”
― Rebecca West, The Young Rebecca: Writings, 1911-1917

tags: clichés, empowerment, feminism, opinions, women, womens-liberation

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“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery.
None but ourselves can free our minds.”
― Bob Marley

tags: freedom-of-thought, independent-thought, self-reliance, song-lyrics

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“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”
― Marthe Troly-Curtin, Phrynette Married

tags: happiness, misattributed-john-lennon, procrastination, time

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“Taxi-drivers in Frankfurt are said to dislike the annual Book Fair because literary folk, instead of being shuttled to prostitutes like respectable members of other convening professions, prefer to stay in their hotels and fuck one another”
― Julian Barnes, Cross Channel

tags: literary, sex

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