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“Our stories always want to make villains larger than life. They should be snarling or scarred, hunchbacked or otherwise marred in a way society doesn’t like. It makes them easier to demonize. But life is not nearly so simple,”
― The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
― The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
“How does one hate a country, or love one? Tibe talks about it; I lack the trick of it. I know people, I know towns, farms, hills and rivers and rocks, I know how the sun at sunset in autumn falls on the side of a certain plowland in the hills; but what is the sense of giving a boundary to all that, of giving it a name and ceasing to love where the name ceases to apply? What is love of one's country; is it hate of one's uncountry? Then it's not a good thing. Is it simply self-love? That's a good thing, but one mustn't make a virtue of it, or a profession... Insofar as I love life, I love the hills of the Domain of Estre, but that sort of love does not have a boundary-line of hate. And beyond that, I am ignorant, I hope.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
― The Left Hand of Darkness
Maddy’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Maddy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
797 books
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260 friends
1,100 books
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209 friends
997 books
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147 friends
1,421 books
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49 friends
1,080 books
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120 friends
328 books
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260 friends
2,463 books
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140 friends
13,236 books
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170 friends
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