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Invisibility, let me explain, gives one a slightly different sense of time, you’re never quite on the beat. Sometimes you’re ahead and sometimes behind. Instead of the swift and imperceptible flowing of time, you are aware of its nodes,
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“that year when I jumped to my typewriter each morning to find what rare new thing my Muse was willing to deliver. Did I have such a Muse? And did I always believe in that mythical beast? No. Early on, in and out of high school, and standing on a street corner selling newspapers, I did what most writers do at their beginnings: emulated my elders, imitated my peers, thus turning away from any possibility of discovering truths beneath my skin and behind my eyes.”
― The Martian Chronicles
― The Martian Chronicles
“In the center of the complicated nexus of adored and hated, desired but also easy to watch being destroyed, it had to be a Black woman.”
― Chain-Gang All-Stars
― Chain-Gang All-Stars
“Tear gas has been deemed a “riot control agent,” which exempts it from chemical weapons law. As such, it is regularly used by police on citizens in city streets, while still being prohibited from war zones.”
― Chain-Gang All-Stars
― Chain-Gang All-Stars
“Invisibility, let me explain, gives one a slightly different sense of time, you’re never quite on the beat. Sometimes you’re ahead and sometimes behind. Instead of the swift and imperceptible flowing of time, you are aware of its nodes, those points where time stands still or from which it leaps ahead. And you slip into the breaks and look around. That’s what you hear vaguely in Louis’ music.”
― Invisible Man
― Invisible Man
Emma’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Emma’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
667 books
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7 friends
222 books
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7 friends
112 books
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14 friends
245 books
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7 friends
296 books
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10 friends
145 books
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7 friends
69 books
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3 friends
124 books
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5 friends
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