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The Manor of Dreams: A Novel

by Christina Li (Goodreads Author)

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Borrowed laughter,

by Syd Turner

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“Because I know this feeling sweeping through me all too well, the feeling that all my effort, all I have worked for, means nothing. That everything and everyone is a lie. That all is cruel and unforgiving and that there is no justice.”
― Sabaa Tahir, A Reaper at the Gates

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“A fickle and changeful thing is woman ever”
― Virgil, The Aeneid

tags: sexism, the-aeneid, virgil

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“I dragged on my ruined life in darkness and grief, wrathful in my heart...”
― Virgil, The Aeneid

tags: greek-mythology, grief, the-aeneid, virgil

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“The Voice of Tomorrow
America, America, will you listen to the story of you?
You bruised mountains, purpled by majesty.
You shining seas that refuse to see.
You, haunted by ghosts of dreams,
From the many, one; the one, many.
I am in you and of you, America.
You of amber waving grain, shining
Like fool's gold in a plentiful river.
I am the dream coming, yes,
The Voice of Tomorrow
Ringing in freedom's ear.
Do you hear it now?
Calling, calling, all:
Listen, America -
I am the story.
I am you.
I am.”
― Libba Bray, Before the Devil Breaks You

tags: america, america-the-beautiful, before-the-devil-breaks-you, diviners, memphis-campbell

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“Years of practice have taught me to bury my emotions as a reflex - especially in his presence - and it takes a few seconds for the feelings to emerge. They form slowly, infinite hands reaching up from infinite graves to fan the ancient rage I've never really allowed myself to touch.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Defy Me

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