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“I yearn to know the people I love deeply and intimately—without context, without boxes—and I yearn for them to know me that way, too.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“A woman who knows what she brings to the table is not afraid to eat alone.”
― Awakening: Ladies, Leadership, and the Lies We've Been Told
― Awakening: Ladies, Leadership, and the Lies We've Been Told
“Sometimes—there's God—so quickly!”
― A Streetcar Named Desire
― A Streetcar Named Desire
“I take a longer look at the words on her headstone.
Brave, kind, loyal, sweet, loving, graceful, strong, thoughtful, funny, genuine, hopeful, playful, insightful, and on and on…
Was she, though? Was she any of those things? The words make me angry. I can’t look at them any longer.
Why do we romanticize the dead? Why can’t we be honest about them?”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
Brave, kind, loyal, sweet, loving, graceful, strong, thoughtful, funny, genuine, hopeful, playful, insightful, and on and on…
Was she, though? Was she any of those things? The words make me angry. I can’t look at them any longer.
Why do we romanticize the dead? Why can’t we be honest about them?”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“I'm becoming an angry person with no tolerance for anyone. I'm aware of this shift and yet have no desire to change it. If anything, I want it. It's armor. It's easier to be angry than to feel to pain underneath it.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
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Becky’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Becky’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Art, Biography, Business, Chick-lit, Children's, Classics, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Romance, Self help, Spirituality, Travel, Young-adult, new-age, womens-studies, mental-health, realistic-fiction, mental-illness, and feminism
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