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You can’t help what you feel, Moira once said, but you can help how you behave.
“Why with our emphasis on the individual are we still so blinded by the urge to conform?”
― Euphoria
― Euphoria
“You get a little moody sometimes but I think that's because you like to read. People that like to read are always a little fucked up.”
― The Prince of Tides
― The Prince of Tides
“Dogs, being wordless, can only be mirrors of their humans. It’s not their fault that their people are fatally flawed.”
― Fates and Furies
― Fates and Furies
“She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a self-affection. He made her like herself.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
“Real isn't how you are made,' said the Skin Horse. 'It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.'
'Does it hurt?' asked the Rabbit.
'Sometimes,' said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. 'When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.'
'Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,' he asked, 'or bit by bit?'
'It doesn't happen all at once,' said the Skin Horse. 'You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand.”
― The Velveteen Rabbit
'Does it hurt?' asked the Rabbit.
'Sometimes,' said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. 'When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.'
'Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,' he asked, 'or bit by bit?'
'It doesn't happen all at once,' said the Skin Horse. 'You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand.”
― The Velveteen Rabbit
Maggie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Maggie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
875 books
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127 friends
215 books
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132 friends
121 books
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119 friends
11 books
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126 friends
382 books
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66 friends
509 books
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107 friends
374 books
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48 friends
253 books
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80 friends
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