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“If safety is my goal, living life is not.”
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“It’s not dying I’m afraid of. It’s dying without ever having lived that I’m afraid of.”
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“But a human being, she, she, cannot simply exist; she is a hurricane, every thought bending and crossing its coherence inside her, nothing will let her be, not for a moment. Every emotion, every thought, is invaded by another.”
― The Pickup
― The Pickup
“Part of being alive is having life change us. The people around us, the events we live through, all of them shape us. And that's what I think you're afraid of. Maybe not of dying. But of this you, the you you've become, ceasing to exist.”
― Illuminae
― Illuminae
“Is your father writing a book?" said Alison.
"No. He's existing. Some people live, like the rest of us, like the people in your plays. He just exists.”
― The Message to the Planet
"No. He's existing. Some people live, like the rest of us, like the people in your plays. He just exists.”
― The Message to the Planet
Basmah’s 2025 Year in Books
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Art, Biography, Business, Chick-lit, Children's, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Manga, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Romance, Science, Science fiction, Self help, Suspense, Spirituality, Sports, Thriller, Travel, and Young-adult
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