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The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

The Light of Eternal Spring by Angel Di Zhang

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

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Sarah is Currently Reading

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A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird

by Rosemary Mosco (Goodreads Author)

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Sarah’s Quotes

“Not quite what one expected, but once it happened one realized it couldn't be any other way.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

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“Beauty is rarely soft or consolatory. Quite the contrary. Genuine beauty is always quite alarming.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

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“Mais, vrai, J'ai trop pleure! Les aubes sont navrantes. What a sad and beautiful line that is. I'd always hoped that someday I'd be able to use it.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

tags: french, madness, sanity, suicide-note, the-secret-history

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“Does such a thing as "the fatal flaw," that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature?”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

tags: first-sentence, literature

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“I suppose at one time in my life I might have had any number of stories, but now there is no other. This is the only story I will ever be able to tell.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

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