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Michelle is Currently Reading

Michelle Jackson is currently reading

The Isle in the Silver Sea

by Tasha Suri (Goodreads Author)

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Feb 12, 2026 08:42PM

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Thank You For Calling the Lesbian Line

by Elizabeth Lovatt (Goodreads Author)

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Jan 08, 2026 03:40PM

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Song of Solomon

by Toni Morrison

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Jan 07, 2026 07:37PM

Michelle’s Notes & Highlights

The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden

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What was the worth of happiness that left behind a crater thrice the size of its impact.

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Michelle’s Quotes

“But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation was he to me.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

tags: circe, constellations, daedalus, greek-mythology, love, stars

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“Sad people have the gift of time, while the world dizzies everyone else; they remain stagnant, their bodies refusing to follow pace with the universe. With these kind of people everything aches for too long, everything moves without rush, wounds are always wet.”
― Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth

tags: sadness

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“It was hard to love a woman that always made you feel so wishful.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

tags: african-american-authors, feminism, literature

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“Woman?” She chuckled. “Is that meant to insult me? I would return the slap, if I took you for a man.” Dany met his stare. “I am Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, the Unburnt, Mother of Dragons, khaleesi to Drogo’s riders, and queen of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

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“Perhaps I cannot make my people good, she told herself, but I should at least try to make them a little less bad.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

tags: bad, daenerys, daenerys-targaryen, good, people, queen

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