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I’ve been reading this since December not because this book is boring. It’s quite the contrary. I find myself referencing things I’ve learned about post colonial theory through this book all the time. Like I said, yet to finish but it may be a favorite of all time.

Loving so far!

This book is heat. I’m loving it so far!

this is representation

“Tituba must be loved! To think that i scared people; I who felt inside me nothing but tenderness and compassion.”

I hate this book put me out of my misery.

“Romantic memories don’t fall from the sky, one of us had to fabricate them.”

“How could he tap away on his keyboard in my presence? What could be more important right now?”

“More generally, the idea that my husband existed before me is surreal, even revolting.”

“Ultimately, love for the self is the deepest pleasure we deny ourselves.”

“Your clear ‘no’ makes the way for your ‘yes.’ Being able to say what we don’t want allows us to clear the path.”

“The living are burdened with bodies.”

“The freshman girl’s brain is startlingly capable of selective amnesia.”