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“Why do we romanticize the dead? Why can’t we be honest about them?”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“I was conditioned to believe any boundary I wanted was a betrayal of her, so I stayed silent. Cooperative.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“He has no concept of loss. I feel like the world is divided into two types of people: people who know loss and people who don’t. And whenever I encounter someone who doesn’t, I disregard them”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“I take a longer look at the words on her headstone.
Brave, kind, loyal, sweet, loving, graceful, strong, thoughtful, funny, genuine, hopeful, playful, insightful, and on and on…
Was she, though? Was she any of those things? The words make me angry. I can’t look at them any longer.
Why do we romanticize the dead? Why can’t we be honest about them?”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
Brave, kind, loyal, sweet, loving, graceful, strong, thoughtful, funny, genuine, hopeful, playful, insightful, and on and on…
Was she, though? Was she any of those things? The words make me angry. I can’t look at them any longer.
Why do we romanticize the dead? Why can’t we be honest about them?”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“X and I were only good at the feeling of love, not the behavior. Which is like knowing how to dive, but not how to swim.”
― My Own Devices: True Stories from the Road on Music, Science, and Senseless Love
― My Own Devices: True Stories from the Road on Music, Science, and Senseless Love
Dessa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Dessa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,020 books
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23 friends
307 books
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56 friends
466 books
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41 friends
440 books
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60 friends
0 books
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98 friends
26 books
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162 friends
1,246 books
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205 friends
92 books
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187 friends
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Favorite Genres
Biography, Classics, Crime, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Self help, Suspense, Spirituality, Thriller, and Travel
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