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The truth is, if we don’t write our own stories, there is someone else waiting to do it for us. And those people, waiting with their pens, often don’t look like we do and don’t have our best interests in mind.
“How easy it was to lie to strangers, to create with strangers the versions of our lives we imagined.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
“Why did people ask "What is it about?" as if a novel had to be about only one thing.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
“To have memories, happy or sorrowful, is a blessing, for it shows we have lived our lives without reservation.”
― The Gift of Rain
― The Gift of Rain
“Extrapolating this into the realm of strangers, I worry that if we let our real-life interactions be corralled by our filter bubbles and branded identities, we are also running the risk of never being surprised, challenged, or changed—never seeing anything outside of ourselves, including our own privilege.”
― How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
― How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
“sự ngu dốt hiếm khi lạc mốt”
― Hở
― Hở
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Pham’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Pham’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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