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I think, as a species, we have a desire to believe that we’re living at the climax of the story. It’s a kind of narcissism. We want to believe that we’re uniquely important, that we’re living at the end of history, that now, after all these
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“Had I told the sea
What I felt for you,
It would have left its shores,
Its shells,
Its fish,
And followed me.”
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What I felt for you,
It would have left its shores,
Its shells,
Its fish,
And followed me.”
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“You want me to be a tragic backdrop so that you can appear to be illuminated, so that people can say ‘Wow, isn’t he so terribly brave to love a girl who is so obviously sad?’ You think I’ll be the dark sky so you can be the star? I’ll swallow you whole.”
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“There is a reason, after all, that some people wish to colonize the moon, and others dance before it as before an ancient friend.”
― No Name in the Street
― No Name in the Street
“And as any mixed-race person will tell you—to be half of two things is to be whole of nothing.”
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
“To my daughter I will say, when the men come, set yourself on fire.”
― Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
― Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
Nicole’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Nicole’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
2,536 books
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681 friends
2,091 books
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616 friends
25 books
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149 friends
239 books
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81 friends
1,474 books
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469 friends
11 books
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40 friends
15 books
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3 friends
55 books
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1 friend
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