Author: haveyoureadthisuk
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10 Books for your December Holidays
I’m a South African living in the UK, meaning I get some strange looks when I refer to December as the “Summer Holidays”. I’m in London this year, though, so I’m going to be neutral and say this is a round-up for your December holidays, rather than giving in to the temptation of a “Cozy […]
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Ayoade On Top
“Cinema helps us to remember that although we all have the right to shine, some of us must shine in the background, out of focus, and not too brightly.”
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Misogynation: The True Scale of Sexism
“Leaving women out of the story isn’t a simple slip-up. It is a consequence of a world that tells us they just aren’t quite as important.”
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Two Stories
“It was in my nature to absorb large volumes of information during times of distress, like I could master the distress through intellectual dominance.”
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How Do We Know We’re Doing It Right: Essays on Modern Life
“In an age when we are ever more targeted and profiled and mined for information, reading a book allows you to be, for so long as the covers hold you, truly quiet and undisturbed.”
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The Strangers of Braamfontein
“Like they say; if a person goes and gets one whole measure of oil to eat only one yam, does he think the yam farmer who owns the land would put aside a whole mortar of palm fruit for oil?”
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The Burning
“It’s worth knowing that sometimes people see you as a symbol of something instead of a person. And, when they do, it reflects on them, not you.”
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