Currently thinking about:
"It was beautiful. It was the most beautiful place I had ever seen. It was gorgeous and claustrophobic. I loved it and I always wanted to escape."
and
"Hell is the absence of the people you long for"
how I got through this stupid book without crying is beyond me
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i’m such a “i want your attention” but “won’t bother you” kinda person
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the fact that i'm no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once connected to is so heartbreaking. there was a time when I looked forward to turning their age. i did. and i also outgrew them. i continue to age, but they don't; never will. the immortality of fiction is beautiful, but cruel.
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"Absolutely no one comes to save us but us."
Ismatu Gwendolyn, "you've been traumatized into hating reading (and it makes you easier to oppress)", from Threadings, on Substack [ID'd]
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A customer contacted our team with questions, and then finished their email with: "I am daunted by the complexities and unknowns." I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since.
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