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“I finally understood what my grandmother meant. If I wasn't comfortable with myself, I would never be comfortable.”
― Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
― Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
“The taboo does not banish the transgression but, on the contrary, depends upon it, just as the transgression depends on the existence of the taboo: “The transgression does not deny the taboo but transcends it and completes it”
― Erotism: Death and Sensuality
― Erotism: Death and Sensuality
“Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.”
― Blue Nights
― Blue Nights
“...it wouldn't have made one scrap of difference to me, because wherever I sat - on the deck of a ship or at a street café in Paris or Bangkok - I would be sitting under the same glass bell jar, stewing in my own sour air.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?”
― Blindness
― Blindness
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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
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Elif’s 2025 Year in Books
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