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‘The Master,’ she said, in English, and Brunetti watched her go all misty-eyed, the way she always did when she talked about Henry James. Did it make sense, he wondered, to be jealous? Jealous of a man who, it seemed to him from what Paola
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Henry James.Paola's literary hero
“Grandpa Cosme used to call me Pájaro but not because I walked like I had feathers, he called me that because I have wings where other people have regrets and fears and they can’t stand up from the weight of everything their families expect from them,”
― Witches
― Witches
“And I didn't stop hating my name until many years later, when I realized that it wasn't a name to be ashamed of, but one to live up to.”
― The Distance Between Us
― The Distance Between Us
“You're in love with my mind/But sometimes, sweetheart, a woman needs a man who loves her ass.”
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“Just because they aren't with us doesn't mean we don't have parents anymore.”
― The Distance Between Us
― The Distance Between Us
“immigrants are artists because they create a life, a future, from nothing but a dream.”
― A Dream Called Home
― A Dream Called Home
Clarissa’s 2025 Year in Books
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