Peggy Turnbull
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The Joy of Their Holiness
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This trilogy is a highly enjoyable read. Yolen masterfully weaves a created world and its culture, mythology, and story. She also remarks upon its facts from the point of view of a cranky historian who challenges the written text from a years-later p ...more | |
"This was the first Gor book I read, because I heard it had belly dancing in it. As a dancer myself, I enjoy looking for old belly dance kitsch. After forcing myself to finish it, I can honestly say it is the most poorly written book I have ever read."
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“She had always been different, even when she tried not to be, unable to curb her curiosity which led her to read a great number of books. Her world was constantly expanding until she could no longer fit herself into the culture that was most important to her.”
― The Grass Dancer
― The Grass Dancer
“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
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“There is still, I think, not enough recognition by teachers of the fact that the desire to think--which is fundamentally a moral problem--must be induced before the power is developed. Most people, whether men or women, wish above all else to be comfortable, and thought is a pre-eminently uncomfortable process.”
― Testament of Youth
― Testament of Youth
“If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties-someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal", then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal.”
― Profiles in Courage
― Profiles in Courage
“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”
― A Room of One’s Own
― A Room of One’s Own
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