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Marie M.

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Marie’s favorite books

Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Splendeurs et Misères des Courtisanes by Honoré de Balzac

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Marie’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (556)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (1329)
anglophone-lit‎ (276)
francophone-literature‎ (276)
germanophone-lit‎ (202)
research‎ (141)
russian-literature‎ (132)

scandinavian‎ (106)
literature-theory‎ (69)
asian-literature‎ (59)
philosophy-history‎ (56)
queer-feminist‎ (55)
psychiatry‎ (50)
contemporary‎ (46)
african-lit‎ (40)

italian‎ (38)
postcolonial‎ (37)
greek-and-latin‎ (33)
balkans‎ (28)
polish-literature‎ (24)
middle-eastern‎ (16)
hispanophe‎ (15)
hungary‎ (13)

czech‎ (10)
religion‎ (8)
lusophone-literature‎ (6)
türkçe‎ (6)
ukraine‎ (4)
gaelic‎ (2)

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Marie’s Quotes

“A strong woman who recklessly throws away her strength, she is worse than a weak woman who has never had any strength to throw away.”
― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles: Classic Collection

tags: strength, woman

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“Courage is found in unlikely places.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

tags: bravery, courage

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“I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

tags: friendship, frodo

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“I shall do one thing in this life - one thing certain - that is, love you, and long for you, and keep wanting you till I die.”
― Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd

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“It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.”
― Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd

tags: women

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