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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
“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
“We were already living in some kind of Hell in this strange place of broken beauty.”
― The Distance Between Us
― The Distance Between Us
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
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“When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts,
nothing helps me so much as running to my books.They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.”
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nothing helps me so much as running to my books.They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.”
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Clarissa’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Clarissa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
111 books
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179 friends
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Favorite Genres
Adult Fiction, Art, Biography, Book Club, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Ebooks, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Psychology, Religion, Science, Science fiction, Self help, Suspense, Spirituality, Thriller, and War
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