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The opposite of sensitive is not brave. It’s not brave to refuse to pay attention, to refuse to notice, to refuse to feel and know and imagine. The opposite of sensitive is insensitive, and that’s no badge of honor.
“Just in case we’re having too much fun with this, let’s go back a notch in time. Only a little while, don’t be afraid, not far enough to get caught in the starry wheeling vertigo of the slow-mo free-fall no-up-and-no-down that is the more distant past. We will go there—chronology has its uses—but not just yet.”
― The Erratics: A Memoir
― The Erratics: A Memoir
“I don’t clean. My disinclination for this activity I call by various names: sloth, depression, boredom. It’s not that I dislike clean. I like it when it is done, but I don’t want to do it. I don’t want anybody else to do it for me either. I make exceptions. I clean the toilet, I wash my clothes, but organized housecleaning is as foreign to me as saying a rosary.”
― The Erratics: A Memoir
― The Erratics: A Memoir
“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”
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Shelby’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shelby’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
540 books
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41 friends
354 books
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156 friends
71 books
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225 friends
421 books
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99 friends
219 books
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48 friends
360 books
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220 friends
371 books
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75 books
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57 friends
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