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“Persian, Dilorom told me, had only one word for crying, whereas Old Uzbek had one hundred. Old Uzbek had words for wanting to cry and not being able to, for being caused to sob by something, for loudly crying like thunder in the clouds, for crying in gasps, for weeping inwardly or secretly, for crying ceaselessly in a high voice, for crying in hiccups, and for crying while uttering the sound ‘hay hay.’”

— Elif Batuman, The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them

current book lineup💭

just finished The Idiot and am definitely interested in Elif Batumans second novel in the story

Prozac Nation and Still Life have been on my list for awhile, can’t wait to read

decided some Oliver Sacks would be a good refresher for back to school, planning on reading in August

Notes from the Underground would be a refresher from high school, and also a short intermediate read