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Corey is Currently Reading

Corey is currently reading

The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven

by Nathaniel Ian Miller (Goodreads Author)

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Jan 07, 2026 04:09AM

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Collected Ghost Stories

by M.R. James

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Oct 20, 2025 05:20AM

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On a Sea of Glass: The Life & Loss of the RMS Titanic

by Tad Fitch (Goodreads Author)

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Corey’s Quotes

“Sometimes being offered tenderness feels like the very proof that you've been ruined.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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“Do you remember the happiest day of your life? What about the saddest? Do you ever wonder if sadness and happiness can be combined, to make a deep purple feeling, not good, not bad, but remarkable simply because you didn't have to live on one side or the other?”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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“The one good thing about national anthems is that we’re already on our feet, and therefore ready to run.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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“Wanting to test desire is nothing more than a ruse to get what we want without admitting that we want it.”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

tags: desire

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“And this is how life goes: there will be times where you feel like nothing more than a patchwork quilt of all the worst parts of yourself, and then there will be times when the call to be better is just so lovely and clear, like a bell ringing at a frequency all the voices that keep you up at night can’t hear.”
― Sam Lansky, Broken People

tags: broken, fiction, healing, love, motivational, self-help, self-love

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