Tag: Book review
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The Cement Garden
“At the back of my mind I had a sense of us sitting about waiting for some terrible event, and then I would remember that it had already happened.”
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Blood Orange
“And actions have consequences. I know I keep saying the phrase, but it’s one of my therapist’s favourites, and I think it’s a really good one to bear in mind.”
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Scrappy Little Nobody
“I gave up on being nice. I started putting more value on other qualities instead: passion, bravery, intelligence, practicality, humour, patience, fairness, sensitivity.”
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The History of My Sexuality
“The truth is, sexuality is like plumbing: super-annoying when it’s out of order, and you can’t really live without it.”
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Between You and Me
“Sometimes Mari tried to imagine her life without Elisabeth, and what came to her was a disturbing sense of formlessness and lack, random elements that added up to nothing.”
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The Chalet
“It’s maybe difficult to understand if you don’t have a sibling. Even when I hate him, which quite often I do, I know that . . . well, deep down, I don’t hate him really.”
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The Invisible Gorilla
“We easily deceive ourselves into thinking that we understand and can explain things that we really know very little about.”
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