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"its not that i dislike it, i just feel like im waiting for the beat to drop and it just will not. im about to get to the genderswapping dykes part tho so im gonna wait to dnf until at least then. however, this is not rlly helping my reading slump. :'(" — May 14, 2024 11:43AM
"its not that i dislike it, i just feel like im waiting for the beat to drop and it just will not. im about to get to the genderswapping dykes part tho so im gonna wait to dnf until at least then. however, this is not rlly helping my reading slump. :'(" — May 14, 2024 11:43AM
“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Coraline
― Coraline
“What Reason weaves, by Passion is undone.”
― Essay on Man and Other Poems
― Essay on Man and Other Poems
“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. So medicine, law, business, engineering... these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love... these are what we stay alive for.”
― Leaves of Grass
― Leaves of Grass
“Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates.”
― Life on the Mississippi
― Life on the Mississippi
“There was a time when you were not a slave, remember that. You walked alone, full of laughter, you bathed bare-bellied. You say you have lost all recollection of it, remember . . . You say there are no words to describe this time, you say it does not exist. But remember. Make an effort to remember. Or, failing that, invent.”
― Les Guérillères
― Les Guérillères
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