“Adults follow paths. Children explore. Adults are content to walk the same way, hundreds of times, or thousands; perhaps it never occurs to adults to step off the paths, to creep beneath rhododendrons, to find the spaces between fences.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“I don't know what it means and I don't care because it's Shakespeare and it's like having jewels in my mouth when I say the words.”
― Angela’s Ashes
― Angela’s Ashes
“The trees are budding their new leaves and a thought comes into my head. They have a kind of rhythm in their upright trunks and their branches that start thick and then divide and get narrower and lighter and faster till they quiver in the air like breath past a clarionet reed. That is a rhythm you can see, not hear. Perhaps music happens elsewhere than in ears.”
― The Chimes
― The Chimes
Queens of the Realm Book Club 2019
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— last activity Jul 19, 2019 12:50AM
Hey all! This is a book club I've started to read and celebrate fantasy books written by women in 2019. Every month we'll pick one fantasy book writte ...more
Bókaklúbbur Flóru
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— last activity May 10, 2021 01:40AM
Langar þig að lesa góðar bækur í góðum hóp? Ræða um ójafnrétti og jafnrétti, fjölbreytileika, söguna, rýna í fortíð og sjá fyrir þér framtíðina? Vertu ...more
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