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"This is such a snoozefest that I momentarily questioned my choice of major" — Feb 08, 2026 05:12AM
"This is such a snoozefest that I momentarily questioned my choice of major" — Feb 08, 2026 05:12AM
“If your idea disturbs a conservative man, hang onto it," I said to myself. "It will probably lead to important discoveries.”
― Scheherazade Goes West: Different Cultures, Different Harems
― Scheherazade Goes West: Different Cultures, Different Harems
“She wanted this feeling of home to settle inside her until it gave her the sweetest of dreams.”
― Lyrics Alley
― Lyrics Alley
“I sure did live in this world.'
'Really? What have you got to show for it?'
'Show? To who? I got my mind. And what goes on in it. Which is to say, I got me.'
'Lonely, ain't it?'
'Yes. But my lonely is mine. Now your lonely is somebody else's. Made by somebody else and handed to you.”
― Sula
'Really? What have you got to show for it?'
'Show? To who? I got my mind. And what goes on in it. Which is to say, I got me.'
'Lonely, ain't it?'
'Yes. But my lonely is mine. Now your lonely is somebody else's. Made by somebody else and handed to you.”
― Sula
“I may be of use to you yet, my dear dragon.”
― Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
― Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
“I raise a plastic glass. “To family.”
“And Faerieland,” says Taryn, raising hers.
“And pizza,” says Oak.
“And stories,” says Heather.
“And new beginnings,” says Vivi.
Cardan smiles, his gaze on me. “And scheming great schemes.”
To family and Faerieland and pizza and stories and new beginnings and scheming great schemes. I can toast to that.”
― The Queen of Nothing
“And Faerieland,” says Taryn, raising hers.
“And pizza,” says Oak.
“And stories,” says Heather.
“And new beginnings,” says Vivi.
Cardan smiles, his gaze on me. “And scheming great schemes.”
To family and Faerieland and pizza and stories and new beginnings and scheming great schemes. I can toast to that.”
― The Queen of Nothing
Literary Fiction by People of Color
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