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On the Beach
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She walked on down the street, but the matter of the Pogo stick stayed in her mind. She went so far that afternoon as to inquire into the condition of the Pogo stick market, and found it to be depressed. If Dwight wanted a Pogo stick, he
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“There are some swims you do regret, Eleanor. The problem is, you never know until you take them.”
― The Paper Palace
― The Paper Palace
“Flip a coin, Eleanor. If the answer you get disappoints you, do the opposite."
We already know the right answer, even when we think we don´t.”
― The Paper Palace
We already know the right answer, even when we think we don´t.”
― The Paper Palace
“Mrs Pitt shouted up the stairs for her daughter with a voice like a foghorn, then smiled cheerfully at Calvin. "She'll be down in a mo," she said, and showed him in to the front room, which was a colourful sea of Lego bricks with a small child bobbing in it.”
― Exit
― Exit
“Influenza delle stelle—the influence of the stars.”
― The Pull of the Stars
― The Pull of the Stars
“Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things Zadie Smith, White Teeth Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah Katherine Heiny, Standard Deviation Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance Hiromi Kawakami, Strange Weather in Tokyo Angela Carter, The Magic Toyshop Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Attia Hosain, Sunlight on a Broken Column Ali Smith, There But For The These books found me at just the right time in my life. I can remember each of them so vividly, I remember the characters as though they were friends, sometimes even family, I can remember exactly where I was and how I felt when I turned that final page. They’ve stayed with me ever since.”
― The Reading List
― The Reading List
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