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“There was no desire in him for a state or condition, no picture in his mind of the thing to be when he had followed his longing; but only a burning and a will overpowering to journey outward and outward after the earliest risen star.”
― Cup of Gold
― Cup of Gold
“...for if she had two characteristics in her natural state of health, they were a facility of eating and sleeping. If she could neither eat nor sleep, she must be indeed out of spirits and out of Health.”
― Cranford
― Cranford
“For it cannot be denied that all over the world and in all ages there are beings who are perceived to be extraordinary, charming, and appealing, and whom many honor as benevolent spirits, because they make one think of a more beautiful, a freer, a more winged life than the one we lead.”
― Pictor's Metamorphoses and Other Fantasies
― Pictor's Metamorphoses and Other Fantasies
“That was quite a discovery for me, the fact that arbitrary kindness makes me uncomfortable, but that being treated fairly feels good.”
― Strange Weather in Tokyo
― Strange Weather in Tokyo
“In this universe we are given two gifts: the ability to love, and the ability to ask questions. Which are, at the same time, the fires that warm us and the fires that scorch us.”
― Upstream: Selected Essays
― Upstream: Selected Essays
Mansfield Park Readalong
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— last activity May 17, 2018 11:30AM
Let's read Mansfield Park together in February. You can start the book when you like but I will read it from the 17th of February till the 28th of Fe ...more
Our Shared Shelf
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OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
Brontë Book Club
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— last activity Apr 07, 2023 12:57PM
A Goodreads group to run alongside the Brontë Book Club, an online reading group set up as part of Emily Brontë's bicentenary celebrations. ...more
LITTLE BOOK CLUB
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— last activity Dec 09, 2021 05:14AM
AMERICAN GODS Liveshow: Date TBA Due to popular demand, I have decided to start up a book club! I'll be organising some read-a-longs each month or so ...more
Bibliobook Club
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— last activity Dec 09, 2021 08:59AM
The girls of the Biannual Bibliothon decided two live shows wasn't enough! So we made a book club! We're going to be doing live shows for a particula ...more
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