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Preetika

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Preetika’s favorite books

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

How Much Land Does a Man Need by Leo Tolstoy

Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Pérez

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Preetika’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (27)
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political‎ (2)
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2023‎ (1)

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Preetika’s Notes & Highlights

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

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Both Amos and I were critical and argumentative, he even more than I, but during the years of our collaboration neither of us ever rejected out of hand anything the other said.

Preetika’s Quotes

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.”
― James Baldwin

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“Learn this now and learn it well. Like a compass facing north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. Always. You remember that, Mariam.”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

tags: alone, man-s-heart, men, sad, violence, women

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“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

tags: power-of-words

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“Happiness is a myth. It was invented to make us buy new things.”
― Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram

tags: happiness

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“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: 1929, viereck-interview

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