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“They seemed angry that I’d made myself vulnerable, more than the fact that he’d acted on my vulnerability.”
― Know My Name
― Know My Name
“Most of us understand that your future is not promised to you. It is constructed day by day, through the choices you make. Your future is earned, little by little, through hard work and action. If you don’t act accordingly, that dream dissolves.”
― Know My Name: A Memoir
― Know My Name: A Memoir
“We don’t fight for our own happy endings. We fight to say you can’t. We fight for accountability. We fight to establish precedent. We fight because we pray we’ll be the last ones to feel this kind of pain.”
― Know My Name: A Memoir
― Know My Name: A Memoir
“The judge had given Brock something that would never be extended to me: empathy. My pain was never more valuable than his potential.”
― Know My Name: A Memoir
― Know My Name: A Memoir
“When a woman is assaulted, one of the first questions people ask is, Did you say no? This question assumes that the answer was always yes, and that it is her job to revoke the agreement. To defuse the bomb she was given. But why are they allowed to touch us until we physically fight them off? Why is the door open until we have to slam it shut?”
― Know My Name: A Memoir
― Know My Name: A Memoir
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Alyssa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alyssa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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10 friends
487 books
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91 books
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831 books
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54 books
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64 books
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683 books
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9 books
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