To Kill a Mockingbird.
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None! We shouldn’t shame people for not having read “the greats”. There are always new greats emerging that may feel more relevant to our life experience, particularly female writers.
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View all 32 →Probably all of them because I am not big into English literature. I read a lot of self-improvement books.
Because it’s in one of my songs, War and Peace.
I’ve never read any Proust.
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View profile →Cheerful, sensitive, sassy.
A year ago. My understanding of what love is has changed immensely since.
Getting rid of my phone.
Genuine love is given freely, not by force.
Myself. I didn’t know how to protect myself adequately when I was younger, and I think I would have experienced my youth differently if I had.
As fun and of help to others.
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