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“You, who know all the secrets of life, tell me how to charm Sybil Vane love me! I want to make Romeo jealous. I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad. I want a breath of our passion to stir their dust into consciousness, to wake their ashes into pain.”

Keeping a list of fun little aphorisms:

“He was a simple man who had no inferiority complex about his lack of education and, even more amazing, no superiority complex because he had succeeded despite that lack.” (216)

Great line.

“She said that I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.” Such a good line.

Have I read this book? The name and description of Mrs. Bertha Flowers feels completely familiar. But nothing familiar before then. Is there a similar persona in To Kill a Mockingbird?

“In short, when a person is always to deceive, it is impossible to be consistent” (p. 43). Great line.

I love this book so much. I’ve cried so many times and I’ve barely dented it. It’s Jan 8th and I fear I’ve begun with the best book of the year. I think this is going to be in my top three fiction, if not my favourite. I love it so much I already want to reread. Soooooooooooooo excited for my annual rewatch of the film afterwards <3