“I believe that modern life is moving too fast. A bullet travels quickly, but it usually comes to an abrupt and fatal end.”
― A Writer's Year: Fennel's Journal No. 3
― A Writer's Year: Fennel's Journal No. 3
“If you’re with her and you wish you were elsewhere then leave. One of the cruellest things you can do to a person is make them feel like home when to you they’re only temporary. We all deserve adoration and undistracted attention. We all deserve to feel complete. If you can’t give her your whole heart, then don’t you dare hold it hostage.”
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“Be careful. There are people out there who will look at your love only as a place to put their pain.”
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“I am awfully sentimental. Of books, belongings, people, places. It matters very little how positive or negative the experience was. If it shared some meaningful time in my life, I’ll have trouble letting go.”
― Buried Light
― Buried Light
“Life is not a sport. Life is not math. There is no final end goal and there is no right answer. Just because your truth does not match someone else's truth does not make either of you wrong. Life is not a zero sum game. If I am right, that does not make you wrong. If you are right, that does not make me wrong either. A jar of vinegar can sit in a cupboard beside a box of baking soda peacefully, and we can allow those who disagree with us to exist alongside us without reacting to them. There is nothing to prove. There is enough room in the world for all of us.”
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Jamie’s 2025 Year in Books
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