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“If I’d known I was about to meet the man who’d shatter me like bone china on terra-cotta, I would have slept in.”
― Lilac Girls
― Lilac Girls
“Everything I have ever done I’ve done from a place of love. If I don’t punish you, the world will punish you even worse. The world doesn’t love you. If the police get you, the police don’t love you. When I beat you, I’m trying to save you. When they beat you, they’re trying to kill you.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“When you come to me, unbidden, Beckoning me To long-ago rooms, Where memories lie. Offering me, as to a child, an attic, Gatherings of days too few,”
― The Complete Poetry
― The Complete Poetry
“The way my mother always explained it, the traditional man wants a woman to be subservient, but he never falls in love with subservient women. He’s attracted to independent women. “He’s like an exotic bird collector,” she said. “He only wants a woman who is free because his dream is to put her in a cage.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“Two-thirds of those evacuated at that time had been born in the United States and were American citizens. Standing in long lines, the Japanese had to wait for hours in front of the desks of the officials, who took down their names and handed out labels for them to wear around their necks with their identity number, the same as for their luggage.”
― The Japanese Lover
― The Japanese Lover
Mary’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mary’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
334 books
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76 friends
512 books
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39 friends
535 books
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4 friends
66 books
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8 friends
2 books
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35 friends
1 book
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14 friends
1 book
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54 friends
53 books
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51 friends
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Favorite Genres
Adult Fiction, Art, Book Club, Chick-lit, Contemporary, Ebooks, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Romance, Suspense, Spirituality, Travel, and War
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