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Did no one, any more, no one in all this wide world, change their record now and then? Was everyone nowadays thirled to a formula? Authors today wrote so much to a pattern that their public expected it.
“But this is a women's war, just as much as it is the men's, and the poet will look upon their pain - the pain of the women who have always been relegated to the edges of the story, victims of men, survivors of men, slaves of men - and he will tell it, or he will tell nothing at all. They have waited long enough for their turn.”
― A Thousand Ships
― A Thousand Ships
“Every time I get nervous or scared, I remind myself that every good story needs twists and turns. Every heroine needs an adventure.”
― City of Ghosts
― City of Ghosts
“I have been Googling, but there’s not much out there. I got so desperate I even used Bing,”
― The Bullet That Missed
― The Bullet That Missed
“We teach girls shame. “Close your legs. Cover yourself.” We make them feel as though being born female they’re already guilty of something. And so, girls grow up to be women who cannot say they have desire. They grow up to be women who silence themselves. They grow up to be women who cannot say what they truly think. And they grow up — and this is the worst thing we do to girls — they grow up to be women who have turned pretense into an art form.”
― We Should All Be Feminists
― We Should All Be Feminists
“It does hurt, I whispered. It should hurt. She isn't a footnote, she's a person. And she - all the Trojan women - should be memorialised as much as any other person.”
― A Thousand Ships
― A Thousand Ships
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— last activity Mar 07, 2015 05:41AM
Adventures With Words is where Rob and Kate discuss storytelling in all its forms! We have a weekly podcast which can be found in iTunes as well as p ...more
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YA Book Club 2025 (paused)
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— last activity Nov 03, 2024 01:21AM
I’ve wanted to start a YA book club for the longest time, and I hope you’ll join me! Each month we’ll read a book with a YouTube live discussion at th ...more
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— last activity Dec 08, 2014 08:18AM
We are a Cassandra Clare/ YA book fan site. We review YA books, as well as Children's book (posted on Mundie Kids). ...more
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— last activity Sep 11, 2017 10:24PM
On the last Tuesday of each month the Bookish Brits post their book club You Tube video. Take part in selecting, reading and discussing the book club ...more
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