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"I suspected there would be child abuse described in this book. I persevered because the story was really interesting and otherwise unpredictable. I’m just not sure I want to continue now it’s becoming explicit. I read for pleasure, entertainment and education, and at the moment it’s just not ticking those boxes. Let me know if anyone thinks I should continue despite this ick feeling." — Feb 15, 2020 03:09PM
"I suspected there would be child abuse described in this book. I persevered because the story was really interesting and otherwise unpredictable. I’m just not sure I want to continue now it’s becoming explicit. I read for pleasure, entertainment and education, and at the moment it’s just not ticking those boxes. Let me know if anyone thinks I should continue despite this ick feeling." — Feb 15, 2020 03:09PM
“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”
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“she loved to walk down the street with a book under her arm. It had the same significance for her as an elegant cane for the dandy a century ago. It differentiated her from others.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say.”
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“Love is the longing for the half of ourselves we have lost.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring--it was peace.”
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