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A Sea of Unspoken Things

by Adrienne Young (Goodreads Author)

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"Loved the unmaking of June farrow so much and I’m already enjoying the similar prose/style mixed with some of the mysterious elements (and potentially magical realism here too?? Not sure yet…)" — May 03, 2026 05:39PM

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Better Living Through Criticism: How to Think About Art, Pleasure, Beauty, and Truth

by A.O. Scott

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Bailey’s Quotes

“He gave everything to everybody. Except to me.”
― J.K. Rowling, The Casual Vacancy

tags: after-death, anger, bitter, sadness, the-ones-we-leave-behind

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“The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

tags: beauty, death, poetry, women

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“You call it hope — that fire of fire!
It is but agony of desire.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Allan Poe: Selected Poems

tags: hope, poetry

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“In accepting an honorary degree from the University of Notre Dame a few years ago, General David Sarnoff made this statement: “We are too prone to make technological instruments the scapegoats for the sins of those who wield them. The products of modern science are not in themselves good or bad; it is the way they are used that determines their value.”
― Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man

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