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Abbie
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Books, she has found, are a way to live a thousand lives—or to find strength in a very long one.
“You are terrifying and strange and beautiful, someone not everyone knows how to love.”
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“The Smiths are singing and someone says "Turn that gay angst music off.”
― The Rules of Attraction
― The Rules of Attraction
“I am a lover and have not found my thing to love.”
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“In times when nothing stood / but worsened, or grew strange / there was one constant good: / she did not change.”
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“Hemingway and Fitzgerald didn't drink because they were creative, alienated, or morally weak. They drank because it's what alkies are wired up to do. Creative people probably do run a greater risk of alcoholism and addiction than those in some other jobs, but so what? We all look pretty much the same when we're puking in the gutter.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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Abbie’s 2025 Year in Books
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