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“The mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative: on or off. Think of it as a spectrum whose extremes are unconsciousness at the negative end and hyperconsciousness at the positive end. The way the mind will lean under stress is strongly influenced by training.”
― Dune
― Dune
“When you’re in love, you’re capable of learning everything and knowing things you had never dared even to think, because love is the key to understanding of all the the mysteries.”
― Brida
― Brida
“I know that's what people say-- you'll get over it. I'd say it, too. But I know it's not true. Oh, youll be happy again, never fear. But you won't forget. Every time you fall in love it will be because something in the man reminds you of him.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.”
― Dune
― Dune
“The greatest feminists have also been the greatest lovers. I'm thinking not only of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley, but of Anais Nin, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and of course Sappho. You cannot divide creative juices from human juices. And as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.”
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Emem’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Emem’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
639 books
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81 friends
430 books
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57 friends
21 books
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23 friends
40 books
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30 friends
12 books
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92 friends
0 books
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37 friends
1 book
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18 friends
0 books
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133 friends
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