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“the house in horror is often the image of the body, a metaphor for the different aspects of the self, the self with other people and the self alone. the body is generally under attack in horror, and the bedroom - the place for sex, sleeping, and dreaming - is the pace of greatest vulnerability.”
― Haunted: On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds
― Haunted: On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds
“But when we reduce the conversation to simply passing judgment, we are left with no conversation at all.”
― The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity
― The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity
“Fiction’s about what it is to be a fucking human being.”
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“Is that what art is? To be touched thinking what we feel is ours when, in the end, it was someone else, in longing, who finds us?”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“nature might be what is outside you or inside you. it might be what is regular and systematic, or what is irregular and random. it could define what is fundamentally human or what is fundamentally animal. it might contradict the conventions of society, politics, culture, and art, or it might be their real meaning. it could be the heart of things or it could be the surface of things. politically, it could mean freedom (as a return to a lost or repressed human nature) or confinement (as the need to abide by an unchangeable human nature). artistically, it could mean the need to follow eternal rules of the need to forget all rules. theologically, it could mean what's permanent or what constantly changes, what is pure (and innocent of thought) or what is impure (and beyond any thought).”
― Haunted: On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds
― Haunted: On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds
Mai’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Mai’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
253 books
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47 friends
625 books
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1,190 books
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352 books
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220 books
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401 books
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367 books
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60 books
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157 friends
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