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The Familiar
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A life lived hungry could lead you to eat from anyone’s hand. She would have fed greedily and never recognized the taste of poison.
“When a woman is assaulted, one of the first questions people ask is, Did you say no? This question assumes that the answer was always yes, and that it is her job to revoke the agreement. To defuse the bomb she was given. But why are they allowed to touch us until we physically fight them off? Why is the door open until we have to slam it shut?”
― Know My Name: A Memoir
― Know My Name: A Memoir
“Do not become the ones who hurt you. Stay tender with your power. Never fight to injure, fight to uplift. Fight because you know that in this life, you deserve safety, joy, and freedom. Fight because it is your life. Not anyone else’s. I did it, I am here. Looking back, all the ones who doubted or hurt or nearly conquered me faded away, and I am the only one standing. So now, the time has come. I dust myself off, and go on.”
― Know My Name: A Memoir
― Know My Name: A Memoir
“Man, being an American scientist sucks sometimes. You think in random, unpredictable units based on what situation you’re in.”
― Project Hail Mary
― Project Hail Mary
“To deny my messiness would be to deny my humanity.”
― Know My Name: A Memoir
― Know My Name: A Memoir
“All these books, he thought, the residue of a planet’s intellect, the scrapings of futile minds, the leftovers, the potpourri of artifacts that had no power to save men from perishing.”
― I Am Legend
― I Am Legend
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