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“The children, the veal, they stand very still because tenderness depends on how little the world touches you. To stay tender, the weight of your life cannot lean on your bones.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“It occurred to him that, much in the way one experiences a brightening when walking beneath a cherry tree in bloom, so too did Klara generate and throw light.”
― Undermajordomo Minor
― Undermajordomo Minor
“He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.”
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“Again. I beg everything again.”
― Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
― Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
“What I really wanted to say was that a monster is not such a terrible thing to be. From the Latin root monstrum, a divine messenger of catastrophe, then adapted by the Old French to mean an animal of myriad origins: centaur, griffin, satyr. To be a monster is to be a hybrid signal, a lighthouse: both shelter and warning at once.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Jen’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jen’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
901 books
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74 friends
1,273 books
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5 friends
34 books
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21 friends
761 books
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189 friends
2 books
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18 friends
177 books
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34 friends
11 books
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19 friends
0 books
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31 friends
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