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“No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.”
― After the Quake
― After the Quake
“I just gave them a little scare. A touch of psychological terror. As Joseph Conrad once wrote, true terror is the kind that men feel towards their imagination. (from Super-frog Saves Tokyo)”
― After the Quake
― After the Quake
“I want to write about people who dream and wait for the night to end, who long for the light so they can hold the ones they love.”
― After the Quake
― After the Quake
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“Strange and mysterious things, though, aren't they - earthquakes? We take it for granted that the earth beneath our feet is solid and stationary. We even talk about people being 'down to earth' or having their feet firmly planted on the ground. But suddenly one day we see that it isn't true. The earth, the boulders, that are supposed to be solid, all of a sudden turn as mushy as liquid - From the short story "Thailand”
― After the Quake
― After the Quake
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Welcome to Coffee & Books. Snuggle up with a warm cup and a book! We do monthly reads, challenges and personal readings here at C&B. Follow us on in ...more
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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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