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“all my life I’ve been leaving myself breadcrumbs. It didn’t matter that I didn’t always know what I was walking toward. It was worthwhile, I told myself, just trying to see clearly, even if it took me years to understand what I was trying to see.”
― Trick Mirror
― Trick Mirror
“As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.”
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“You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.”
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“Has anyone ever written a great novel about a woman who is happy in her marriage? Of course, most protagonists are unhappy. But heroes are mostly unhappy for existential reasons; heroines suffer for social reasons, because of male power, because of men.”
― Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
― Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
“I’ve been thinking about five intersecting problems: first, how the internet is built to distend our sense of identity; second, how it encourages us to overvalue our opinions; third, how it maximizes our sense of opposition; fourth, how it cheapens our understanding of solidarity; and, finally, how it destroys our sense of scale.”
― Trick Mirror
― Trick Mirror
Allison’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Allison’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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157 friends
796 books
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912 books
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4 books
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93 friends
43 books
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26 books
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36 books
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7 books
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55 friends
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