Hal Borland's Twelve Moons of the Year
By: Hal Borland
4.46
Format: 369 pages, Paperback
Hal Borland's Twelve Moons of the Year
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"„Niekas nelaimi karo.Visi pralaimi"-Julie Otsuka, The Buddha in the Attic
"We lost weight and grew thin. We stopped bleeding. We stopped dreaming. We stopped wanting."-Julie Otsuka, The Buddha in the Attic
"Or was their guilt written plainly, and for all the world to see, across their face? Was it their face, in fact, for which they were guilty?"-Julie Otsuka, The Buddha in the Attic
"Soon we could barely recognize them. They were taller than we were, and heavier. They were loud beyond belief. I feel like a duck that's hatched goose's eggs."-Julie Otsuka, The Buddha in the Attic
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"That's the way it is in our house, everybody knowing things but pretending they don't."-Claire Keegan, Antarctica
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10. The Swimmers
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"Those are your divisions, the false dichotomies and the hegemonic hierarchies of materialist colonizers. We, too, have been the slaves of your desires, unwitting tools, forging the destruction of the…"-Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness
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"Not at all,’ he said. ‘I was just going to remark that being a cliche can be very useful. You ought to consider it some time.’ ’Oh yeah?’ ’Yeah,’ he said. ‘It means people underestimate you. They thi…"-Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood
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"Hay que estar tranquilas. No estamos perdidas. El viento conoce mi nombre y también el tuyo… No hay que tener miedo."-Isabel Allende, The Wind Knows My Name
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"I had been judicious in my warnings and instructions, phrasing them so as not to scare her, or inhibit her. I'm determined not to teach her to fear everything, as we were taught, or that manners are …"-Alice Elliott Dark, Fellowship Point
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29. We All Want Impossible Things
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"In the end there’s more beauty in the imperfection."-Catherine Newman, We All Want Impossible Things
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"And guilt roiled in his stomach because he wanted to love his mother, and sometimes what pulsed through him came horribly close to hate."-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club
"Be selfish, stick to the plan Claire had clung to since she was 16. Look out for herself and no one else, because love was for suckers and happiness meant a well-stocked bank account and a house you …"-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club
"Happiness is a choice as much as anything. Or you could choose to be angry, and if you stay angry long enough, it will become comfortable, like an old robe. But eventually you’ll realize that old rob…"-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club
31. Hal Borland's Twelve Moons of the Year
By: Hal Borland
4.46
Format: 369 pages, Paperback
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