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Gina ✨ Grittner
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Once I stopped thinking about what my life wasn’t going to be, I started to see what it could be.
“I remember, as a kid, when I first understood that only half of every tree is visible, that the roots in the soil are equal to the branches in the sky, that a whole other half is underground. It took me a lot longer, well into adulthood, to realize people are like that too.”
― All Our Wrong Todays
― All Our Wrong Todays
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“seeds of ambition grow best in shallow soil.”
― Rock Paper Scissors
― Rock Paper Scissors
“At the end of the day, it isn’t where I came from. Maybe home is somewhere I’m going and never have been before.”
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“There’s such a thing as too much sweetness, Quincy, he told me. All the best bakers know this. There needs to be a counterpoint. Something dark. Or bitter. Or sour. Unsweetened chocolate. Cardamom and cinnamon. Lemon and lime. They cut through all the sugar, taming it just enough so that when you do taste the sweetness, you appreciate it all the more.”
― Final Girls
― Final Girls
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Gina ✨’s 2025 Year in Books
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Favorite Genres
Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Poetry, Science fiction, Suspense, Thriller, Gender Equality, and Feminisim
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