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These are my favorite quotes from Blinding The Left Wing by Mircea Cartarescu “We were, my family, three insects, each only interested in our own chemical trails, occasionally touching antennae and moving on. ” ( Cartarescu, p. 13) The book was first published in 1996. The quote is so true and still relevant even today,…
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Parallels between My Brilliant Friend and Gone Girl The women disappear without a trace. They leave no clues to say why they chose to disappear.
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Haiku is a product, a type of poem originally started by the Japanese. A haiku poem has 5 syllables in its first line, 7 syllables in its second line and 5 syllables in its third line. You can use any words, as long as they fit into the pattern of 5 7 5 syllables. April…
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#AtoZChallenge 2026 Monday, April 20, 2026, is the designated day for the alphabet Q. Today, I’m talking about Q for Quest. When I joined this A to Z Challenge, my quest was many folds – At letter Q, I have some observations to note. I return all valid comments. Related post This post contains the…
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Olga Ravn wrote a story that included a dance that never ends …….. until the dancers fell down. It started when two women had the idea to call the devil, to get a favor from him. They had a book of spells and planned to recite a spell to persuade the devil to do their…
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TBM used the switch on Gifty because she said the word “damn” in church. (Gyasi, p. 62) When was the second time TBM threatened to use the switch on Gifty? It was on the third day of Gifty being food picky and refusing to eat the tomatoes on her plate. (Gyasi, p. 63) Related post…
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When Raymond served cassoulet, all his guests made audible sighs of contentment. It was clear to Gifty that everyone loved the pork, duck, mutton and oil. (Gyasi, p. 71) Related post This is the main review post with many other links about Transcendent Kingdom – https://booksreviewsandmore.com/why-did-gifty-give-her-family-members-nicknames/
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“If you are living a godly life, a moral life, then everything you do can be a prayer,” my mother said.”Instead of trying to pray all day, live your life as prayer.” (Gyasi, p. 53) Some lines down, Gifty wrote that she “watched the slope of her back rise and fall, rise and fall.” She…
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These are some of my favorite quotes on prayer. They are found in the novel Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi. “If you are living a godly life, a moral life, then everything you do can be a prayer, ” my mother said. “Instead of trying to pray all day, live your life as prayer.” (Gyasi,…