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“Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.”
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“The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.”
― A Room of One’s Own
― A Room of One’s Own
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.”
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“If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
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Shaddy’s 2025 Year in Books
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