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“We watch a character define himself entirely through what he will not claim. If I could choose one item from my entire apartment, what would I disown? It might be my trash can full of ripped paper packets, which might mean that this pile of packets is my most honest expression of self.”
― The Empathy Exams
― The Empathy Exams
“Iosif Abramson. Date of birth, date of death. The tea was bitter and he blamed existence.’” He”
― A Replacement Life
― A Replacement Life
“Empathy isn’t just remembering to say that must really be hard—it’s figuring out how to bring difficulty into the light so it can be seen at all. Empathy isn’t just listening, it’s asking the questions whose answers need to be listened to. Empathy requires inquiry as much as imagination. Empathy requires knowing you know nothing. Empathy means acknowledging a horizon of context that extends perpetually beyond what you can see:”
― The Empathy Exams
― The Empathy Exams
“This is part of what we disdain about sweeteners, the fact that we can taste without consequences. Our capitalist ethos loves a certain kind of inscription—insisting we can read tallies of sloth and discipline inscribed across the body itself—and artificial sweeteners threaten this legibility. They offer a way to cheat the arithmetic of indulgence and bodily consequence, just like sentimentality offers feeling without the price of complication.”
― The Empathy Exams
― The Empathy Exams
“I love this country. I loved it the first time I came here, back in 1963. I love it because it’s free. My mother escaped from Nazi Germany; the rest of her family never made it. The first thing Hitler did was take over the press and make it subservient to the government. Lenin did the same.” Jasper had drunk a few glasses of wine, and as a result he was a shade more candid. “America is free because it has disrespectful newspapers and television shows to expose and shame presidents who fuck the Constitution up the ass.” He raised his glass. “Here’s to the free press. Here’s to disrespect. And God bless America.”
― Edge of Eternity
― Edge of Eternity
Danni’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Danni’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
658 books
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143 friends
2,505 books
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92 friends
538 books
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82 friends
289 books
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72 friends
150 books
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69 friends
32 books
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55 friends
106 books
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101 friends
166 books
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30 friends
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