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“Why do we teach girls their perspectives are inherently untrustworthy?" I would yell. I want to reclaim these word. After all, melodrama comes from melos, which means music, honey. A drama queen is nonetheless a queen.”
― In the Dream House
― In the Dream House
“Yes, I deserve a spring–I owe nobody nothing.”
― A Writer's Diary
― A Writer's Diary
“I'm not sure why it is, but I love food more than just about anything else.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.”
― Where the Wild Things Are
― Where the Wild Things Are
“you can be hurt by people who look just like you. Not only can it happen, it probably will, because the world is full of hurt people who hurt people. Even if the dominant culture considers you an anomaly, that doesn’t mean you can’t be common, common as fucking dirt.”
― In the Dream House
― In the Dream House
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Alyssa’s 2025 Year in Books
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