“Maybe we all walk around assuming everyone is interpreting the world the same way we are, and being surprised when they aren't, and that's the loneliness and confusion of the human experience in a nutshell.”
― I Miss You When I Blink: Essays
― I Miss You When I Blink: Essays
“Could it be that we matter?”
― When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
― When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
“There is an anxiety in being yourself, though. There is the haunting question of "What if?" always lingering. What if who I am will never be enough? What if I will never be right enough for someone?”
― Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
― Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
“the fact that you’ll never know what sort of person you might have been if you’d read different stuff”
― Ducks, Newburyport
― Ducks, Newburyport
“Strange, isn’t it? To love a book. When the words on the pages become so precious that they feel like part of your own history because they are. It’s nice to finally have someone read stories I know so intimately.”
― The Starless Sea
― The Starless Sea
A Christmas Carol Readalong #dickensalong
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Right so hello. This December, I thought I would do a little readalong of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. This readalong will take place betwe ...more
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