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“...We humans are reckless with our bodies, reckless with our lives, for no other reason than that we want to know what would happen, what it might feel like to brush up against death, to run right up to the edge of our lives, which is, in some ways, to live fully.”
― Transcendent Kingdom
― Transcendent Kingdom
“The real danger of an insult, even in sleep, was that it put into slurs what you pin into poetry in order to protect yourself.”
― No One Can Pronounce My Name
― No One Can Pronounce My Name
“The first Chinese star, they call her, and it's the qualifications that are crucial. First. Chinese. A star may play only him- or herself, but she is supposed to play a race. How can she be herself and represent millions, both at once? And who does she represent them to? To themselves or others? "Who does she thinks she is?" an outraged Nationalist critic has demanded. She wishes she could say.
Not a star, then. A star gives off its own light. Another celestial body, a moon, reflecting others' light.”
― The Fortunes
Not a star, then. A star gives off its own light. Another celestial body, a moon, reflecting others' light.”
― The Fortunes
“I once heard a story about a girl who requested something so vile from her paramour that he told her family and they had her hauled her off to a sanatorium. I don’t know what deviant pleasure she asked for, though I desperately wish I did. What magical thing could you want so badly they take you away from the known world for wanting it?”
― Her Body and Other Parties
― Her Body and Other Parties
“She closes her eyes. He probably won’t come back, she thinks. Or he will, differently. What they have now they can never have back again. But for her the pain of loneliness will be nothing to the pain that she used to feel, of being unworthy. He brought her goodness like a gift and now it belongs to her. Meanwhile his life opens out before him in all directions at once. They’ve done a lot of good for each other. Really, she thinks, really. People can really change one another.
You should go, she says. I’ll always be here. You know that.”
― Normal People
You should go, she says. I’ll always be here. You know that.”
― Normal People
Lily’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Lily’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
253 books
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59 friends
870 books
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97 books
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357 books
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657 books
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832 books
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838 books
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707 books
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