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The Broken Wings by Kahlil Gibran

5.0

"Life is full of happiness and freedom; why don't we take this heavy yoke off our shoulders and break the chains tied to our feet, and walk freely toward peace? Get up and let us leave this small temple for God's great temple."

Eloquent. Magical. Divine.

My Own Story by Emmeline Pankhurst

5.0

Autumn Midnight by Frances Cornford

5.0

"My brain is like the ravaged shores-the sand
Torn cruelly by footsteps from the land.
O hushing waves; O profound sea of sleep,
Send your curved ripples surely-lapping. Creep,
Pour on the scarred surface of my brain;
With your vast pity, wash it smooth again."

HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

4.0

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

2.0

I committed myself to finish it no matter how problematic it was to begin with.
I tried...

The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss by Anderson Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt

5.0

I Loved Her in the Movies: Working with the Legendary Actresses of Hollywood by Scott Eyman, Robert Wagner

2.0

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

5.0

"Accepting death doesn't mean that you won't be devastated when someone you love dies. It means you will be able to focus on your grief, unburdened by bigger existential questions like "Why do people die?" and "Why is this happening to me?" Death isn't happening to you. Death is happening to us all."

The Torture Garden by Octave Mirbeau

5.0

A Nation of Immigrants by John F. Kennedy

5.0