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We had survived the prison, the plain and the loss of all hope, but the women had discovered that survival is no more than putting off the moment of death.
“Art is what we leave of ourselves in other people.”
― My Friends
― My Friends
“It feels so American to discount dreams because they're not built of objects, of things you can hold and catalogue and then put in a safe. Dreams give is voices, visions, ideas, mortal terrors, and departed beloveds. Nothing counts more to an individual, or less to an empire.”
― Martyr!
― Martyr!
“...what matters in life is not whether we receive a round of applause; what matters is whether we have the courage to venture forth despite the uncertainty of acclaim.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“Imagination is a child’s only weapon.”
― My Friends
― My Friends
“It reminded me, that when we know about suffering, when we are proximal to it, we are capable of extraordinary generosity. We can do and be so much for each other. But only when we see one another in our full humanity. Not as statistics or problems, but as people who deserve to be alive in the world.”
― Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
― Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
brooke’s 2025 Year in Books
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250 books
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30 friends
116 books
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39 friends
771 books
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38 books
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131 books
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213 books
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706 books
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21 friends
40 books
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