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“The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.”
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“As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world.”
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“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
― A Room of One’s Own
― A Room of One’s Own
“I cannot make speeches, Emma...If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. But you know what I am. You hear nothing but truth from me. I have blamed you, and lectured you, and you have borne it as no other woman in England would have borne it.”
― Emma
― Emma
“I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the people I love, and doing as much as I can of the work I still have to do. I am going to write fire until it comes out of my ears, my eyes, my noseholes--everywhere. Until it's every breath I breathe. I'm going to go out like a fucking meteor!”
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Shelby’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Shelby’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
113 books
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14 friends
533 books
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42 friends
231 books
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11 friends
403 books
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46 friends
15 books
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2 friends
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