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Nikolai is Currently Reading

Nikolai is currently reading

Kiki's Delivery Service (Kiki's Delivery Service, #1)

by Eiko Kadono

bookshelves: currently-reading, children-s-lit, fiction, japanese-lit

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"Interestingly enough, I feel like the movie improved on some details from the book. Still super cute, though." — Jul 17, 2026 05:02AM

Jul 17, 2026 05:00AM

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The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones

by George R.R. Martin

bookshelves: currently-reading, fantasy

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Nikolai said: " Gorgeous artwork and reads exactly as it should, partially like a chronicle akin to those of English history and partially as a lexicon. Great fun, if you love the world of ASOIAF. "

Aug 27, 2022 11:17AM · see review

Nikolai’s Quotes

“And isn’t death just the apocalypse in the first person?”
― Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You

252 likes

“You know why people pair up into couples? Because being a human is fucking terrifying. But it's a hell of a lot easier if you're not doing it by yourself.”
― Alice Oseman, Loveless

tags: aromantic, asexuality, friendship, loneliness, relationships, romance

187 likes

“I was tired, it was late, I was sitting half-asleep in the back of a taxi, remembering strangely that wherever I go, you are with me, and so is he, and that as long as you both live the world will be beautiful to me.”
― Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You

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“Aces aren't a puzzle with a missing piece. Everyone is their own full puzzle.”
― Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

tags: asexuality

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“At times I think of human relationships as something soft like sand or water, and by pouring them into particular vessels we give them shape.”
― Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You

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