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Kairan
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At twenty-two, I felt no less lost than the child I was then, no less isolated, no less desperate for meaningful friendships. I wanted to connect with people who could understand my past experiences, my pain, the reason I wanted to be
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“Resolutely cheerful, unrepentantly sentimental, unfortunately prone to Peter Pan syndrome, in a bafflingly nonspecific relationship with a tall, beautiful woman, deeply enthusiastic about terrible hobbies, a tendency toward overdressing, neglectful or at the least careless of his health—Gomez Addams could have walked out of a pamphlet on trans-specific medical care from Vancouver Coastal Health.”
― Something That May Shock and Discredit You
― Something That May Shock and Discredit You
“are you up
if so do you want to play frisbee and die for each other
—Hyacinthus to Apollo, ibid.”
― Something That May Shock and Discredit You
if so do you want to play frisbee and die for each other
—Hyacinthus to Apollo, ibid.”
― Something That May Shock and Discredit You
“You're very comforting, I don't know why. You're like a very small casserole – has anyone ever told you that?”
― Dead Man's Cell Phone
― Dead Man's Cell Phone
“Nobody is asking me to apologize for anything, but I still want to, if only for the pleasure and the sweetness and the release of being forgiven.”
― Something That May Shock and Discredit You
― Something That May Shock and Discredit You
“Harper: In your experience of the world. How do people change?
Mormon Mother: Well it has something to do with God so it's not very nice.
God splits the skin with a jagged thumbnail from throat to belly and then plunges a huge filthy hand in, he grabs hold of your bloody tubes and they slip to evade his grasp but he squeezes hard, he insists, he pulls and pulls till all your innards are yanked out and the pain! We can't even talk about that. And then he stuffs them back, dirty, tangled and torn. It's up to you to do the stitching.
Harper: And then up you get. And walk around.
Mormon Mother: Just mangled guts pretending.
Harper: That's how people change.”
― Angels in America
Mormon Mother: Well it has something to do with God so it's not very nice.
God splits the skin with a jagged thumbnail from throat to belly and then plunges a huge filthy hand in, he grabs hold of your bloody tubes and they slip to evade his grasp but he squeezes hard, he insists, he pulls and pulls till all your innards are yanked out and the pain! We can't even talk about that. And then he stuffs them back, dirty, tangled and torn. It's up to you to do the stitching.
Harper: And then up you get. And walk around.
Mormon Mother: Just mangled guts pretending.
Harper: That's how people change.”
― Angels in America
Kairan’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Kairan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,014 books
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109 friends
1,219 books
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52 friends
373 books
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11 friends
54 books
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11 friends
472 books
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16 friends
140 books
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28 friends
846 books
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22 friends
898 books
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8 friends
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