Ashley Martinez

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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

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Ashley is Currently Reading

Ashley Martinez is currently reading

The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves

by Dan Ariely

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Ashley’s Quotes

“What we have to remember is that we can still do anything. We can change our minds. We can start over.”
― Marina Keegan, The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories

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“And it is easy to slip into a parallel universe. There are so many of them: worlds of the insane, the criminal, the crippled, the dying, perhaps of the dead as well. These worlds exist alongside this world and resemble it, but are not in it.”
― Susanna Kaysen

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“Whatever we call it - mind, character, soul - we like to think we possess something that is greater than the sum of our neurons and that animates us.
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― Susanna Kaysen

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“One of the essential qualities of the clinician is interest in humanity, for the secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient.”
― Elizabeth Bradley

tags: medicine, politics

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“Scar tissue has no character. It's not like skin. It doesn't show age or illness or pallor or tan. IT has no pores, no hair, no wrinkles. It's like a slipcover. It shields and disguises what's beneath. That's why we grow it; we have something to hide.”
― Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted

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Our Shared Shelf — 222901 members — last activity Sep 11, 2026 08:57AM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more

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For anyone who enjoys LGBTQ books written for young adults. We're a friendly, supportive group that provides a non-judgmental place to discuss the boo ...more

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“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put bac ...more