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“Her heart went out to him with a stronger movement than ever, at the thought that people would blame him. Maggie hated blame; she had been blamed her whole life, and nothing had come of it but evil tempers.”
― The Mill on the Floss
― The Mill on the Floss
“What novelty is worth that sweet monotony where everything is known and loved because it is known?”
― The Mill on the Floss
― The Mill on the Floss
“But if Maggie had been that young lady, you would probably have known nothing about her: her life would have had so few vicissitudes that it could hardly have been written; for the happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.”
― The Mill on the Floss
― The Mill on the Floss
“—La confianza es un camino de dos direcciones —dijo él con dureza. —¿Qué insinúa? —Que no se puede exigir confianza cuando no se otorga.”
― Legado en los huesos
― Legado en los huesos
“We don’t have to experience it in order to recognise it. There’s a moment, an event, a word, a gesture, a telephone call that changes everything. And when it occurs, when it erupts, when it is spoken, it breaks the rudder we thought was guiding our lives, confronting us with reality, demolishing all our innocent plans for the future. Everything we thought was solid collapsed, all life’s worries seem absurd, because the only absolute is the chaos that forces us to surrender humbly to death’s supremacy.”
― Ofrenda a la tormenta
― Ofrenda a la tormenta
Emilia’s 2023 Year in Books
Take a look at Emilia’s Year in Books. The good, the bad, the long, the short—it’s all here.
196 books
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209 friends
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3 friends
3 books
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257 friends
1 book
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42 friends
1 book
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15 friends
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12 friends
1,188 books
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5,079 friends
929 books
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20 friends
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