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“Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?”
― Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
― Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
“Does love bring, even if unconsciously, the delusional arrogance of expecting never to be touched by grief?”
― Notes on Grief
― Notes on Grief
“life is never simple paths- only dizzying labyrinths folding in on themselves”
― The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
― The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
“Maybe we forget so that we can go on.”
― The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
― The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
“Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much grief is about language, the failure of language and the grasping for language”
― Notes on Grief
― Notes on Grief
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Alexandra’s 2025 Year in Books
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Chick-lit, Classics, Contemporary, Ebooks, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Music, Poetry, Romance, and Young-adult
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