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Sign of the times... Read through the lens of current events, this book is quite potent (so far)
— Dec 12, 2023 04:02AM
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"...the oppressor would never sit down at the negotiating table when they still thought they had nothing to lose."
— Dec 31, 2023 05:47AM
Melissa
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Maybe I'm just naive and easily swayed
"It was all such frippery, fluff, trivial distractions built over a foundation of ongoing, unimaginable cruelty."
— Dec 29, 2023 05:56AM
"It was all such frippery, fluff, trivial distractions built over a foundation of ongoing, unimaginable cruelty."
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'How strange,’ said Ramy. ‘To love the stuff and the language, but to hate the country.’
‘Not as odd as you’d think,’ said Victoire. ‘There are people, after all, and then there are things.’
I'll just leave this here... Context: they're in Mr Lovell's house, who is a raging racist against Chinese people in particular, even though he studies the language and collects cultural artefacts.
— Dec 29, 2023 03:18AM
‘Not as odd as you’d think,’ said Victoire. ‘There are people, after all, and then there are things.’
I'll just leave this here... Context: they're in Mr Lovell's house, who is a raging racist against Chinese people in particular, even though he studies the language and collects cultural artefacts.
