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La più piccola

by Fatima Daas

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— May 09, 2026 12:56AM

May 08, 2026 11:45PM

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The Safekeep

by Yael van der Wouden

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Reading for the 3rd time

read in December 2025

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irene said: " i've read this in like one night what am i gonna do with my life now?

edit: okay so, i’ve read this in italian first and in english the second time around and oh my god the italian translation doesn’t do it justice at all (tbh i had this feeling while ...more "

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— Jan 25, 2026 09:04AM

Jan 11, 2026 11:39AM · see review

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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

by Fannie Flagg

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— Jul 06, 2025 01:59PM

Aug 07, 2021 01:50AM

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irene’s Quotes

“I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

tags: age, empowerment, equality, experience, freedom, gender, independence, men, reason, self-determination, submission, superiority, women, women-s-rights

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“For there is merely bad luck in not being loved; there is misfortune in not loving.”
― Albert Camus

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“The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter - often an unconscious but still a faithful interpreter - in the eye.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

tags: eyes, interpretation, mind, soul

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“Eppure, anche membra di cera devono cedere alla fine al calore delle mani che le muovono. Arriva una notte in cui, finalmente, mi arrendo alle sue.”
― Sarah Waters, Fingersmith

tags: desire, love

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“E feci un'altra riverenza strizzando l'occhio. Due cose curiose da fare assieme , e non vi consiglierei di provare: poiché temo che la strizzatina d'occhio abbia sbilanciato la riverenza, e sono certa che la riverenza abbia sciupato la strizzatina.”
― Sarah Waters, Fingersmith

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