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Wanderlust: A History of Walking

by Rebecca Solnit

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Athena's Daughters, Vol. 1: Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy

by Jean Rabe (Goodreads Author)

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"Really liked Tricia Barr’s Mission Accomplished" — May 28, 2026 11:08AM

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A Third Kind of Madness

by Christiane Knight (Goodreads Author)

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“The mirror is a pit / more caustic than lye.”
― Marge Piercy, The Twelve-Spoked Wheel Flashing: Poems

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“I rather like the smell of absurdity in the morning.”
― Tom Robbins, Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates

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“Looking for who I am is who I am.”
― Tom Spanbauer, The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon

tags: identity

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“Just because life's meaningless doesn't mean we can't experience it meaningfully.”
― Glen Duncan, The Last Werewolf

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“If you cannot please everyone with your deeds and your art, please a few. To please many is bad.”
― Friedrich von Schiller

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