Cecilia Qui Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Philologist. I greatly appreciate arts in general, languages in particular. Truth, landscape, travel, my favourite words. I hate #quotes. In search of balance.

Lolly Willowes
Sylvia Townsend Warner
“It is best as one grows older to strip oneself of possessions, to shed oneself downward like a tree, to be almost wholly earth before one dies.” Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes. 🎨Fritz Berthold-Neuhaus https://t.co/OujQqfTZbY
Hardcover, 2024
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
“It was written I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice.” Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness. 🎨Andrea Kowch https://t.co/2lb3kHv5et
Paperback, 1990
$5.00$2.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
“You see I usually find myself among strangers because I drift here and there trying to forget the sad things that happened to me.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby. 🎨Catherine Nolin, Family Portrait https://t.co/ZuT0FjIvy3
Paperback, 2004
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Walden
Henry David Thoreau
“A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.” Henry David Thoreau, Walden. Ashford Castle, County Mayo, Ireland 🇮🇪 📷Kuba Cieloch https://t.co/VF05Jh2kHq
Hardcover, 2016
$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.” Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray. ✍️Kirsi Neuvonen https://t.co/m1dlkyNXc9
Paperback, 2003
$9.00$4.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Antigone
Sophocles
“All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.” Sophocles, Antigone. ✍Debbie Criswell https://t.co/b9WIHxS104
Paperback, 1990
$13.99$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
“It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.” Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre. Mount Taranaki, New Zealand🇳🇿 📷Alex Stead https://t.co/RgiLNblFCq
Hardcover, 2018
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran
“You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.” Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet. ✍️Yuliya Maslova, The Main Guest https://t.co/2leebmyz3R
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The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov. ✍️Fred Calleri, Valley Girl https://t.co/C6Ydm1gVcm
Paperback, Mass Market, 2007
$8.95$4.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tao Te Ching: Gilded Pocket Edition
Lao Tzu
“Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere.” Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching. 📷Eva Nemeth https://t.co/ZdkiwCdYq2
Hardcover, 2020
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book