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“This is what a woman is: unadorned, after children and work and age, and experience-these are the marks of living.”

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In this thought-provoking novel, the author delves into the lives of two families, intertwining their stories and examining the nature of beauty, ethics, and the challenges of family dynamics. more

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Zadie Smith

Zadie Smith is a British novelist known for her distinctive literary style and profound social insights. Her works cover a range of themes including race, class, gender, and identity, and have been widely appreciated by readers. more

“Samuel! Are you alright?" A vision of Samuel being brained by the falling bars rose up before Simon's eyes. Samuel's voice rose to a scream. "GO AWAY!" Simon looked sideways at Jace. "I think he means it." Jace shook his blond head in exasperation. "You had to make a crazy jail friend, didn't you? You couldn't just count ceiling tiles or tame a pet mouse like normal prisoners do?”

Thinking Mean Eye Fall Voice Vision Crazy Normal Rose Bars Pet Going Away Jail Prisoner Scream Mice Jace Ceilings Alright Sideways Exasperation Tiles

Author:Cassandra Clare

“What about Isabelle?" Simon asked. "Where is she?" The humor, such as it was, left Jace's expression. "She won't come out of her room," he said. "She thinks that what happened to Max was her fault. She won't even come to the funeral." "Have you tried talking to her?" "No," Jace said, "we've been punching her repeatedly in the face instead. Why, do you think that won't work?" "Just thought I'd ask." Simon's tone was mild.”

Thinking Said Faces Asks Left Rooms Talking Happened Expression Faults Tone Funeral Jace Max Punching Jace And Simon

Author:Cassandra Clare

“Everyone gets scared, Princess. Even brave men sometimes run the first time they see battle. In armies, that's why there's so much training. The ones who hold aren't the courageous ones, they're the well-trained ones. We have instincts like any other animal.”

Men Firsts Wells Sometimes Running Animal Battle Training First Time Army Brave Instinct Scared Courageous Princess Brave Man

Book:Warbreaker

Source: Warbreaker

“She loved the teachings of the Five Visions. Humility. Sacrifice. Seeing another's problems before your own. Yet she was beginning to think that she-- along with others-- had taken this belief too far, letting her desire to seem humble become a form of pride itself. She now saw that when her faith had become about clothing instead of people, it had taken a wrong turn.”

People Thinking Problem Seems Form Desire Turns Belief Vision Taken Five Saws Seeing Sacrifice Teaching Humility Pride Humble Clothings Wrong Turn

Author:Brandon Sanderson

“If you lay one hand on Simon, vampire, I'll have you chopped up into tiny pieces and fed to my cat. Understand?”

Ifs Hands Pieces Cat Lays Tiny Vampire Feds

Book:Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls

Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls

“This forms the nub of a dilemna that every Everest climber eventually comes up against: in order to succeed you must be exceedingly driven, but if you're too driven you're likely to die.”

Ifs Form Order Dies Succeed Come Up Driven Everest Climbers Mount Everest Order To Succeed Climbing Mount Everest

Book:Into Thin Air: A personal account of the Everest disaster

Source: Into Thin Air: A personal account of the Everest disaster

“Watch very closely as the magical angel and I are swallowed by the rainbow twister, and left stranded on the glitter way.”

Way Left Watches Angel Rainbow Glitter Swallowing Stranded Twister

Author:Lady Gaga

“Some days, a killing spree seems like a good idea.”

Ideas Seems Killing Good Ideas

Author:Lilith Saintcrow

“Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government.”