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The Brontë Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne

by Catherine Reef

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Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

bookshelves: classics, currently-reading

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Kathleen said: " Originally read in 12th grade I think? Then had to reread it in college freshman English. Still think about it a lot, so it’s a 5 now. "

Dec 04, 2025 09:34PM · see review

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The King James Bible, KJV

by Anonymous

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“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."

[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]”
― John Rogers

tags: atlas-shrugged, ayn-rand, books, children-s-literature, education, fantasy, jrr-tolkien, life-changing, lord-of-the-rings, reading, real-world

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“To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul.”
― Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

tags: education, soul

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“I inhaled books like other people breathe oxygen. I didn't just read for knowledge or pleasure, I read to live.”
― Yeonmi Park, In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

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“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
― Frederick Douglass

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“Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul, and that was why she ignored us kids when we cried. Fussing over children who cry only encouraged them, she told us. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

tags: crying, parents, raising-children

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