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"Didn't want to let me meagre 14 day streak on StoryGraph die, so I read a few poems of this anthology I bought today at the conference. Now I feel like a kid taking part in a reading challenge." — Jul 06, 2026 02:16PM
"Didn't want to let me meagre 14 day streak on StoryGraph die, so I read a few poems of this anthology I bought today at the conference. Now I feel like a kid taking part in a reading challenge." — Jul 06, 2026 02:16PM
In addition its plot and main characters were known to many who had not read the novel in any form through the numerous stage adaptations which appeared from 1862 and were frequently revived throughout the century.
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“I was now the most powerful woman in China, yet my spirit was stuck with that empty coffin with my name and title carved in cold stone.”
― Empress Orchid
― Empress Orchid
“Cheerfulness belonged to youth and one naturally lost it.”
― Empress Orchid
― Empress Orchid
“Misery is the work of the mind," Nuharoo said as she took a sip of her tea. "Master it and you will feel nothing but happiness. The beauty of my nails has not been damaged, because they stayed inside the protectors.”
― Empress Orchid
― Empress Orchid
“In my old age, whenever I tired of working or thought of quitting, I would go and visit the ruins of Yuan Ming Yuan. The moment I stepped among the broken stones, I could hear the barbarians cheering. The image would choke me as if the smoke still clung in the air.”
― Empress Orchid
― Empress Orchid
“But as anyone who loves reading and writing quickly learns, both activities allow you to commune with the living and the dead, to listen to the thoughts of those who have come before you and argue, cajole, and sing praise for them in response.”
― Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
― Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
Elysephone’s 2025 Year in Books
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