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Hvorfor skulle vejen ud af den attende findes lige der, hvor lyset var slukket?

She had become of those characters in the novels that she loved, the people who read Dickens in the jungle over and over. Why? Because when Dickens is better than your life, then why live your life? It would be foolishness not to read Dickens instead. She told her daughter: “If you keep your existence inside art, you will live wonderfully. Just don’t put your nose out.”

Først tager du fat i alt du elsker, du holder din hulkende krop

Jeg er åbenbart ikke god til Atwoods noveller - jeg elsker hendes romaner, men denne her kan jeg ikke få læst færdig.

På dansk dog. Til bogklubben.

Good shit indtil videre. Der er ikke megen tvivl om hvor det bærer hen og hvor ondt det kommer til at gøre. Belfast er så vild og LK beskriver det så råt og nøgternt.

So far I want to read every sentence out loud. I want to share every single sentence with someone.

It is not all together a bad thing to have criminal ancestors. An arsonist grandfather may bequeath one a nose for smelling smoke. P. 118

My conscience itched a little, but I did not scratch it.

her books say
some change happens gradually, some change happens in the blink of an eye, & some change manages to do both at the same time.

“It was a mistake to believe that other people were not living as deeply as you were. Besides, you were not even living that deeply.” P. 7
I am loving this already!

A woman’s power exists only as far as she is allowed; wise Eleanor understands that she must find her freedom only within such unbreachable form. P60

Great!