Abby

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Abby is Currently Reading

Abby is currently reading

The Impossible Garden of Clara Thorne: A Cozy, Sapphic Romantasy with Gardens, a Quest, and Lots of Spice!

by Summer N. England

bookshelves: currently-reading, adventure, fantasy, romance

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"All this talk of cozy quilts makes me want a massive collection of soft quilts." — Jul 07, 2026 02:22PM

Jul 06, 2026 07:40AM

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Body Electric: The Hidden Health Costs of the Digital Age and New Science to Reclaim Your Well-Being

by Manoush Zomorodi

bookshelves: currently-reading

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""We've built our lives around sitting and looking at screens.

F that."" — Jun 10, 2026 01:30PM

Jun 08, 2026 10:33AM

Abby’s Quotes

“Sometimes imaginary troubles are harder to bear than actual ones.”
― Michelle Cuevas, Confessions of an Imaginary Friend

tags: imagination, problems

7 likes

“This, I thought, was why the bees and birds landed on him--he clearly had a whole world inside him with rivers of honey and a heart made from flowers. Bernard was just like a closed bud, an acorn with a tree inside, a song yet to be heard.”
― Michelle Cuevas, Confessions of an Imaginary Friend

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“The tales lovers tell each other about how they met are hushed and secret things. They change year by year, for we all meet many times as we grow up and become different and new and exciting people--and this never stops, even for a minute, even when we are ninety.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home

tags: growing-old, growing-up, love, lovers, relationships

11 likes

“No one belongs when they are new to this world. All children are Changelings.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home

tags: belonging, children, fitting-in

26 likes

“She realized she'd been thinking for years that she would not truly be pleased until she'd checked off this last achievement on her list, but one of the dangers of such thinking is that the event one hopes for never quite lives up to the expectation.”
― Robert Jackson Bennett, The Troupe

tags: expectations, hope

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