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2023 reread:And this trilogy comforted me through my last days of packing.
Thank you OB🥰
2021 reread:
This is the book I first picked up off the shelf by Octavia Butler.
I have the 80's paperbacks of this trilogy and the cover has human face with fish an ...more "
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If he had learned anything from his parents’ happiness, it was to always choose one another. The world would not always be kind, but it would be bearable when one could wholly and completely lean on their spouse. No matter what the world
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“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.”
― I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
― I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
“So many books, so little time.”
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“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
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“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
― Dune
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