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Jar City (Inspector Erlendur, #3)

by Arnaldur Indriðason

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Apr 11, 2017 07:40AM

“All we can infer (from the archaeological shards dug up in Berkshire, Devon and Yorkshire) is that the first Britons, whoever they were and however they came, arrived from elsewhere.
The land (Britain) was once utterly uninhibited. Then people came.”
― Robert Winder, Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain

tags: britain, british, england, english, immigrants, migrants, oppression, race-relations, racism, white-privilege

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“Tis "the witching time of night", / Orbed is the moon and bright, / And the stars they glisten, glisten, / Seeming with bright eyes to listen —”
― John Keats

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“Madness is a completely undervalued quality and I don’t understand why people should hide it to conform to some boring version of themselves.”
― Christoph Fischer, Conditions

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“If you have the indecency to steal my book, at least have the decency to write a review.”
― Grea Alexander

tags: books, piracy, reviews

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“She is free in her wildness, she is a wanderess, a drop of free water. She knows nothing of borders and cares nothing for rules or customs. 'Time' for her isn’t something to fight against. Her life flows clean, with passion, like fresh water.”
― Roman Payne

tags: empowerment, exploration, feminism, roman-payne, strong-women, the-wanderess, wander, wanderer, wanderess, wandering

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