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Mel said:
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I don't know what copy of Onyx Storm y'all read but... wtf. Keep in mind I gave 5 stars to Fourth Wing, and 3 stars to Iron Flame. It took me just over 3 weeks to finish this awful book.
This book was garbage, choppy, repetitive word salad. The true ...more "
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"Im so bored. Nothing is happening and idgaf about any of the characters. I gave 3 stars to Iron Flame, down from the 5 stars I gave Fourth Wing. I don't know if imma finish this book." — Jan 27, 2025 01:23PM
"Im so bored. Nothing is happening and idgaf about any of the characters. I gave 3 stars to Iron Flame, down from the 5 stars I gave Fourth Wing. I don't know if imma finish this book." — Jan 27, 2025 01:23PM
“-If I somehow possessed a set of videotapes that contained all the most significant events of your childhood, in their entirety, would you want to see them?
-Absolutely. Right this very second.
-But why? Don't you think some of the tapes would be very sad?
-Most of them, yes. But if I could see them, then I could have them in my brain like regular memories-horrible memories, yes, but regular memories, not sinister little ghosts in my head that pop out of some part of me I don't even know, and take the rest of me away. Do you know what I mean?
-I think so, If you have to remeber, you'd rather do it in the front of your brain than in the back.”
― The Myth of Sanity: Divided Consciousness and the Promise of Awareness
-Absolutely. Right this very second.
-But why? Don't you think some of the tapes would be very sad?
-Most of them, yes. But if I could see them, then I could have them in my brain like regular memories-horrible memories, yes, but regular memories, not sinister little ghosts in my head that pop out of some part of me I don't even know, and take the rest of me away. Do you know what I mean?
-I think so, If you have to remeber, you'd rather do it in the front of your brain than in the back.”
― The Myth of Sanity: Divided Consciousness and the Promise of Awareness
“Be not the slave of your own past - plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with new self-respect, with new power, and with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.”
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“Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated. When it is ignored or invalidated the silent screams continue internally heard only by the one held captive. When someone enters the pain and hears the screams healing can begin.”
― Emerging With Wings: A True Story of Lies, Pain, And The LOVE that Heals
― Emerging With Wings: A True Story of Lies, Pain, And The LOVE that Heals
“You don’t stop loving someone just because they hurt you,” he said. “It would certainly make things easier if you did.”
― Mistborn Trilogy
― Mistborn Trilogy
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