“Family is found...whether it be blood or circumstance or choice, what binds us does not matter. All that matters is that we are bound.”
― Malibu Rising
― Malibu Rising
“Our family histories are simply stories. They are myths we create about the people who came before us, in order to make sense of ourselves.”
― Malibu Rising
― Malibu Rising
“Maybe our parents' lives are imprinted within us, maybe the only fate there is is the temptation of reliving their mistakes. Maybe, try as we might, we will never be able to outrun the blood that runs through our veins. Or. Or maybe we are free the moment we are born. Maybe everything we've even done is by our own hands.”
― Malibu Rising
― Malibu Rising
“Nina understood, maybe for the first time, that letting people love you and care for you is part of how you love and care for them.”
― Malibu Rising
― Malibu Rising
“She had to choose what, of the things she inherited from the people who came before her, she wanted to bring forward. And what, of the past, she wanted to leave behind.”
― Malibu Rising
― Malibu Rising
Stella’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Stella’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Stella
Lists liked by Stella




















