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In reply to the discussion: What book did you savor, staying up late to read, yet hoping you wouldn't reach the end? [View all]rainy
(6,253 posts)15. Cutting For Stone and All The Light You Cannot See.
Favorite quote from Cutting for Stone:
Abraham Verghese
The key to your happiness is to own your slippers, own who you are, own how you look, own your family, own the talents you have, and own the ones you don't. If you keep saying your slippers aren't yours, then you'll die searching, you'll die bitter, always feeling you were promised more. Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
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What book did you savor, staying up late to read, yet hoping you wouldn't reach the end? [View all]
Laura PourMeADrink
Mar 2017
OP
Gonna get Poisonwood Bible, thanks. I absolutely love Ken Follett. Takes
Laura PourMeADrink
Mar 2017
#18
Ahh....one of those books that you had to read and didn't read in high school. Thanks
Laura PourMeADrink
Mar 2017
#21
Kudos - perhaps my smaller brain? John LeCarre too pedantic - based on the little I have tried?
Laura PourMeADrink
Mar 2017
#19
Wow - great quote. Perhaps it is the difference between someone who is
Laura PourMeADrink
Mar 2017
#20
Have to share this with my sister in law who is a huge fan of Lord of Rings. What a great
Laura PourMeADrink
Mar 2017
#23
No Name by Wilkie Collins... A female Count of Monte Cristo with a feminist edge...in the 1800s
bagelsforbreakfast
Mar 2017
#31
Sounds interesting. Do you like WW2 stories/drama/movies ? One of my all time favorite
Laura PourMeADrink
Mar 2017
#45