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The Hours

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This particular Saturday, my fingers traced the edges of tattered paperbacks and I vowed to select something randomly from the bookshelf. I closed my eyes, still feeling the sun streaking through the dirty windows, illuminating particles of dust in the air.  I opened my eyes and found my hand resting on the shiny, slightly torn book jacket of The Hours , by Michael Cunningham. The Hours is based on Virginia Woolf’s life and work. It beautifully connects three women, all struggling in different (and similar) ways: Laura, a housewife in postwar California; Clarissa, a modern-day New York City publisher; and Woolf herself, as she writes her novel Mrs. Dalloway . Having previously read it, t his book still mesmerizes me every time I come back to it.  Woolf always manages to remind me of the incredible power that can be contained in a single sentence. *** *** May these quotes, that have so inspired and saturated my soul, be of benefit to you, as well. I recommend reading th