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Because a society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated,
“You will hear thunder and remember me,
And think: she wanted storms. The rim
Of the sky will be the colour of hard crimson,
And your heart, as it was then, will be on fire.”
― The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova
And think: she wanted storms. The rim
Of the sky will be the colour of hard crimson,
And your heart, as it was then, will be on fire.”
― The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova
“Count Vronsky: I love you!
Anna Karenina: Why?
Count Vronsky: You can't ask Why about love!”
― Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina: Why?
Count Vronsky: You can't ask Why about love!”
― Anna Karenina
“First as a serpent, it’ll cast its spell Next to your heart, curled up. Then it’ll come as a dove as well, Cooing for days nonstop.”
― Evening: Poetry of Anna Akhmatova
― Evening: Poetry of Anna Akhmatova
“Because it always falls on the sober to pay for the sins of the drunk.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
“Perhaps we were friends first and lovers second. But then perhaps this is what lovers are.”
― Call Me by Your Name
― Call Me by Your Name
Elis’s 2025 Year in Books
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