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“There were good and bad kinds of weakness in men, and she had come to the conclusion that the key was to know which kind you were dealing with.”
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“Like most children, theirs was a relation based on verbs, not nouns.”
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“Beggars cannot be choosers.”
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“She struggled to think of anyone besides perhaps James Baldwin and Jesus who had experiences the profound isolation and loenliness she now knew to be the one and only true reality of this world.”
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“We worried for her. We tend to assume the worst, here in Willesden. We watched her watching the shuttlecock. Pock, smash. Pock, smash. As if one player could imagine only a violent conclusion and the other only a hopeful return.”
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Emm’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Emm’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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