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""Instead, my body was battered, my heart fractured into a thousand pieces, and the gap between my expectation and my reality was unacceptable to me. I was lost in transition, stuck between a haunted past and a future I couldn’t yet imagine."" — Apr 13, 2026 06:11AM
""Instead, my body was battered, my heart fractured into a thousand pieces, and the gap between my expectation and my reality was unacceptable to me. I was lost in transition, stuck between a haunted past and a future I couldn’t yet imagine."" — Apr 13, 2026 06:11AM
In the essay “What I Believe,” he said: I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I would have the guts to betray my country. Such a choice may scandalize the modern
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“Smart is only a construct of correspondence, between one’s abilities, one’s environment, and one’s moment in history.”
― Thick: And Other Essays
― Thick: And Other Essays
“Don't ever think I fell for you, or fell over you. I didn't fall in love, I rose in it.”
― Jazz
― Jazz
“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.”
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
“Being too much of one thing and not enough of another had been a recurring theme in my life. I was, like many young women, expected to be small so that boys could expand and white girls could shine.
When I would not shrink, people made sure that I knew I had erred.”
― Thick: And Other Essays
When I would not shrink, people made sure that I knew I had erred.”
― Thick: And Other Essays
Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge
— 26953 members
— last activity 18 hours, 30 min ago
An annual reading challenge to to help you stretch your reading limits and explore new voices, worlds, and genres! The challenge begins in January, bu ...more
Mercer County Library System Reading Challenge
— 88 members
— last activity Feb 21, 2024 01:06PM
In this group, MCLS patrons may share books they've read as part of our annual Reading Challenge. To learn more about this year's challenge, or for a ...more
Princeton Writing Group
— 25 members
— last activity Jul 19, 2020 06:20AM
A home for our members' books! If you're local to central NJ and love to write, find us on MeetUp: http://www.meetup.com/Princeton-Writing-Group/ ...more
Diverse SFF Book Club
— 101 members
— last activity Oct 15, 2017 07:48AM
In this book club we will focus on reading speculative fiction centered around people of color and LGBT protagonists. Preferably, the authors will als ...more
Nina’s 2025 Year in Books
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