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The Elsewhere Express

by Samantha Sotto Yambao (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, fantasy, magical-realism, trains-and-travel, alternate-worlds, adventure, found-family, whimsical-and-imaginative, self-discovery, atmospheric, adult-fiction

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Jun 13, 2026 09:05PM

“I realize now that all these fucked-up experiments psychologists were performing in the sixties to push people to their breaking point may have gotten outlawed, but they didn’t go away. They just film them and call it reality television now.”
― Sujin Witherspoon, Seyoon and Dean, Unscripted

tags: cynicism, dark-humor, ethics, exploitation, media-critique, modern-culture, psychology, reality-television, satire, social-commentary

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“we reached into the night,
pulled each other close,
sharpened the edges of our stars”
― René Peña-Govea, Estela, Undrowning

tags: connection, cosmic-imagery, emotional-closeness, intimacy, longing, love, night, poetry, stars, tenderness

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“The world moves faster than it used to, and I wonder how people have any time to admire the smaller joys of life.”
― Mikki Brammer, Good Joy, Bad Joy

tags: appreciation, mindfulness, modern-life, nostalgia, reflection, simple-joys, slowing-down, social-commentary, time, wonder

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“When she stares back, perceiving everything I try so hard to keep hidden, I find that it’s actually sort of nice to feel seen. At least when it’s by her.”
― Sujin Witherspoon, Seyoon and Dean, Unscripted