“No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.”
― A Room of One's Own / Three Guineas
― A Room of One's Own / Three Guineas
“I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in.”
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“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
“There was a star riding through clouds one night, & I said to the star, 'Consume me'.”
― The Waves
― The Waves
“Jane, be still; don't struggle so like a wild, frantic bird, that is rending its own plumage in its desperation."
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you.”
― Jane Eyre
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you.”
― Jane Eyre
50 books to read before you die
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These are the named books: 1 The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien 2 1984 by George Orwell 3 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4 The Gra ...more
Jane Eyre
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For anyone who read it, loved it and maybe cried.
Isa’s 2025 Year in Books
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