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Sometimes I wish I were both God and Adam so I could tear out my rib and create you from my own flesh.
“It’s a peculiar anger, resenting doing something that nobody asked you to do. And it’s a peculiarly impotent sort of anger that domestic labour brings about. It was building up in me, a feeling like the blood of my body slowly becoming dirty as it coursed through.”
― Acts of Desperation
― Acts of Desperation
“Living with him forced me to treat myself like a person in a way I was not able to alone.”
― Acts of Desperation
― Acts of Desperation
“There is no better feeling to me than to wake up in the middle of the night and thrust my hand out and say, half in a dream still, ‘I love you so much,’ and for a person to turn towards me from muscle memory and say through their own sleep, ‘I love you too.’ There’s never been a drug or a friend or a food that’s even come close.”
― Acts of Desperation
― Acts of Desperation
“What would I say?” I ask. “If I wanted to, you know, pray?” Two of my mother’s synagogue friends eye me jealously from across the room. I would die if anyone overheard this conversation. “Well, there are books. But you can also just say what’s in your heart. Say what feels right to you.” “But … where would I even start?” “Oh, you can start very simple,” he says. “Two of my favorite prayers are ‘Help me’ and ‘Thank you.’” “Those are prayers?” “Those are excellent prayers.”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
Keisha’s 2025 Year in Books
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