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“Besides, it doesn't matter if it's real. It never does with dreams. They aren't anything anyway but lifesavers to cling to so you don't drown. Life is an ocean, and most everyone's hanging on to some kind of dream to keep afloat.”
― The Spectacular Now
― The Spectacular Now
“Childhood was a fantastic country to live in.”
― The Spectacular Now
― The Spectacular Now
“Darkness is drawn to light, but light does not know it; light must absorb the darkness and therefore meet its own extinguishment.”
― In the Forest
― In the Forest
“The truth is: I did want to be my dad's poem. I wanted to be his drawing, his novella, his most refined work of art. I wanted him to shape me with his love and intelligence. I wanted him to edit out my mistakes and many indulgences, with a sharp red pencil or a clean eraser.”
― Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father
― Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father
“Live your fear." Why didn't we teach kids that? Why wasn't that in a graduation speech? Commencement speakers should start telling the truth: "You're going to fuck up, but most of the time, that's all right.”
― Where Am I Now?
― Where Am I Now?
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Monica’s 2025 Year in Books
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Art, Biography, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Psychology, Self help, and Travel
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