“If you whisper a secret to a candle flame, then all fire everywhere will know that secret. The words will crackle in every campfire and churn like an ocean deep in the bell of the Earth. Fire will translate your words to smoke and ash, telling no one but the sky.”
― Field Guide to the Haunted Forest
― Field Guide to the Haunted Forest
“That’s the gift of winter: it’s irresistible. Change will happen in its wake, whether we like it or not. We can come out of it wearing a different coat.”
― Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
― Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
“Life is unfair, and sometimes it helps to irrationally blame someone for it.”
― Crying in H Mart
― Crying in H Mart
“ECONOMICS
We borrow our atoms.
The universe owns them.
The universe borrows our love and wonder.
Those belong to us.”
― Field Guide to the Haunted Forest
We borrow our atoms.
The universe owns them.
The universe borrows our love and wonder.
Those belong to us.”
― Field Guide to the Haunted Forest
“You’re brave, to admit you don’t know everything and then do something about it.”
― The Woman Who Rides Like a Man
― The Woman Who Rides Like a Man
Samantha’s 2025 Year in Books
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