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“She writes her mother letters in the margins of her notebook, which is against the rules (manual, p. 22). There is no way to send a letter anymore. Also Dana, for sure, by now, is dead. "Mom," Sen writes. "I hear coyotes at night. Some of the animals have stopped considering me human." It is the last letter to a mother anyone will ever write.”
― After World
― After World
“Family Planning, n.
Determining, through progressive and empathetic conversation, how each member of a family will leave their life, in what order, and when. My family consisted of Alexia. She claimed we had used Family Planning to decide that she would leave her life and I wouldn't. I never agreed to that. She called my memory faulty and opportunistic. You only remember what you want to remember, she told me, and I said yes yes yes, but isn't that the definition of memory?”
― After World
Determining, through progressive and empathetic conversation, how each member of a family will leave their life, in what order, and when. My family consisted of Alexia. She claimed we had used Family Planning to decide that she would leave her life and I wouldn't. I never agreed to that. She called my memory faulty and opportunistic. You only remember what you want to remember, she told me, and I said yes yes yes, but isn't that the definition of memory?”
― After World
Izzie’s 2025 Year in Books
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9 friends
773 books
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70 books
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257 books
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81 books
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22 books
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418 books
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1 book
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