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“You are a woman. You are already holy,” said Maryam. “What is holiness but the magic of Creation? Men will tell you they are the source of life, that they implant it in you, an empty vessel, as a seed is planted in the soil. But both the womb and the earth are where sacredness reside, for they create the child and the tree from nothing but a seed. A woman’s body is the source of all life. You must wear it with pride.”
― Lilith
― Lilith
“We shall never overcome death,” said Maryam. “It is futile to try. Keep your eyes on this world, for there is no other. If you love life, you must accept death and never fear it.”
― Lilith
― Lilith
“No one was ever loved more,” he says. “No one has endured more than I for you.”
― Lilith
― Lilith
“I had never seen a human birth before. Had no conception of the horror, the bursting forth, the violence of it all. No mother to warn me what birthing life truly means. What a joke it was—an affront to all women—to parody life’s creation as one easeful puff of His breath. Only a man would imagine such a thing. This is what it truly entails: the blinding light of pain. A sacrifice of flesh. Disfigurement to create anew. How could it not be torment, to bring forth what is most precious: new life?”
― Lilith
― Lilith
Brooke’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Brooke’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,821 books
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29 friends
938 books
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58 friends
337 books
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21 friends
394 books
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11 friends
164 books
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4 friends
88 books
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3 friends
462 books
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57 friends
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