Emily

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Emily is Currently Reading

Emily is currently reading

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)

by Maya Angelou

bookshelves: blm, non-fiction, what-i-read-in-2026, currently-reading

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Jan 01, 2026 10:03PM

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Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

by Katherine May

bookshelves: currently-reading, non-fiction, what-i-read-in-2026

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Jan 01, 2026 10:03PM

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Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out

by Susan Kuklin (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: lgbtq, non-fiction, what-i-read-in-2025, currently-reading

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— Jun 08, 2025 04:15PM

Jun 08, 2025 04:15PM

Emily’s Quotes

“I paint flowers so they will not die.”
― Frida Kahlo

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“One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.”
― Lewis Carroll

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“Wait."
"So what am I supposed to do now?"

"You know, Jin, I would have saved myself from five hundred years' imprisonment beneath a mountain of rock had I only realized how good it is to be a monkey."

(222-223)”
― Gene Luen Yang, American Born Chinese

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“We should be careful
Of each other, we should be kind
While there is still time”
― Philip Larkin, Collected Poems

tags: kindness

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“We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what. Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

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