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“Perfection is terrible, it cannot have children.”
― The Collected Poems
― The Collected Poems
“What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?”
― The Second Sex
― The Second Sex
“Women's mutual understanding comes from the fact that they identify themselves with each other; but for the same reason each is against the others.”
― The Second Sex
― The Second Sex
“To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.”
― The Second Sex
― The Second Sex
“The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive. To him... a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is an ecstasy, a friend is a lover, a lover is a god, and failure is death. Add to this cruelly delicate organism the overpowering necessity to create, create, create -- so that
without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning, his very breath is cut off from him. He must create, must pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency he is not really alive unless he is creating.”
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without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning, his very breath is cut off from him. He must create, must pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency he is not really alive unless he is creating.”
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Shweta’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shweta’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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5 friends
573 books
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243 friends
229 books
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116 friends
630 books
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3 books
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45 friends
1,126 books
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118 friends
316 books
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103 friends
78 books
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148 friends
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