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“That’s where he quickly settled, the vector of his rage, his hurt, pointed directly back at himself.”
― Martyr!
― Martyr!
“She’d hated this email because it hadn’t answered her question, because the rep had mixed metaphors, because the punctuation was chaotic, and because workhorse was one word.”
― The Very Nice Box
― The Very Nice Box
“I feel like such an idiot. That I ever thought I could have a really good life.”
― The Great Believers
― The Great Believers
“My current life, I realized, was constructed around an absence; for all its richness I still felt as if the floors might give way, as if its core were only a covering of leaves, and I would slip through, falling endlessly, never to get my footing.”
― Washington Black
― Washington Black
“I think of my mom and Nina... how their dream was acting and it never came true. I wonder what one day my failed dream might be. I wonder what it's like being in a talent show, your mom in the audience clapping for you.”
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Barbara’s 2025 Year in Books
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