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“Creativity didn't live in my brain any more than walking lived in my legs. It lived in every painting I ever saw, every book I ever read, every conversation I ever had. The world was full enough that I didn't need to store anything inside myself.”
― Martyr!
― Martyr!
“An alphabet, like a life, is a finite set of shapes. With it, one can produce almost anything.”
― Martyr!
― Martyr!
“He had never looked forward to the wisdom and other vaunted benefits of old age. Would he be able to die young—and if possible free of all pain? A graceful death—as a richly patterned kimono, thrown carelessly across a polished table, slides unobtrusively down into the darkness of the floor beneath. A death marked by elegance.”
― Spring Snow
― Spring Snow
“Love was a room that appeared when you stepped into it.”
― Martyr!
― Martyr!
“The performance of certainty seemed to be at the root of so much grief. Everyone in America seemed to be afraid and hurting and angry, starving for a fight they could win. And more than that even, they seemed certain their natural state was to be happy, contented, and rich. The genesis of everyone’s pain had to be external, such was their certainty. And so legislators legislated, building border walls, barring citizens of there from entering here. “The pain we feel comes from them, not ourselves,” said the banners, and people cheered, certain of all the certainty. But the next day they’d wake up and find that what had hurt in them still hurt.”
― Martyr!
― Martyr!
Michael’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Michael’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
401 books
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40 friends
180 books
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8 friends
258 books
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51 friends
580 books
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26 friends
159 books
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14 friends
73 books
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2 friends
367 books
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115 friends
145 books
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4 friends
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