Emily Kopin

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Emily is Currently Reading

Emily Kopin is currently reading

The Last Feast of Harlequin

by Thomas Ligotti

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Apr 16, 2026 11:10AM

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The Phantom of the Opera

by Gaston Leroux

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Feb 15, 2026 05:13AM

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The Lifted Veil

by George Eliot

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Jan 28, 2026 11:12AM

Emily’s Quotes

“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

tags: character, empowerment, flaws, freedom, gender, identity, image, independence, integrity, realism, self-awareness, self-determination, women

13953 likes

“Of course it's alright for librarians to smell of drink.”
― Barbara Pym, Less Than Angels

tags: librarians

209 likes

“You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

tags: inspirational, story-teller, storytelling, your-gift

2501 likes

“Where can we hide in fair weather, we orphans of the storm?”
― Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited

tags: brideshead-revisited

140 likes

“If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence.”
― George Eliot, Middlemarch

tags: silence

518 likes

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