Earthlings
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It’s really hard to put into words things that are just a little bit not okay.
“It occurred to her that mercy was the ability to stop, if only for a moment. There was no mercy where there could be no stopping.”
― Dune
― Dune
“In America, everything seemed fixable, and in Japan, difficult problems were to be endured. Sho ga nai, sho ga nai. How many times had he heard these words? It cannot be helped. His mother had apparently hated that expression, and suddenly he understood her rage against this cultural resignation that violated her beliefs and wishes.”
― Pachinko
― Pachinko
“Their love wanted to fix her, and refused to see that she wasn’t broken.”
― Every Heart a Doorway
― Every Heart a Doorway
“I thought about being a teacher for three thousand years. It wouldn’t have made my Top Ten Things to Wish For list.”
― The Lightning Thief
― The Lightning Thief
“It was a small price to pay for the delight of access to new books, and if it felt a little bit like homework, well, the more Lundy learned about living in the Market, the more she came to see homework as a sort of fair value given to her teachers. They gave her lessons, and she gave them proof that those lessons had not been wasted.”
― Juice Like Wounds
― Juice Like Wounds
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