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“Fourteen wasn't horrible, but it was more complicated, and sometimes that felt like the same thing.”
― In Other Lands
― In Other Lands
“I don’t need you to explain to me the concept of a magical land filled with fantastic creatures that only certain special children can enter. I am acquainted with the last several centuries of popular culture. There are books. And cartoons, for the illiterate.”
― In Other Lands
― In Other Lands
“I had a feeling the Summoning wasn’t really meant to be cast alone: as if truth didn’t mean anything without someone to share it with; you could shout truth into the air forever, and spend your life doing it, if someone didn’t come and listen.”
― Uprooted
― Uprooted
“Maybe both our societies are messed up, and they each only think one type of person is really a person. And the type of person they think is really a person is allowed to show imperfections and age . . . whereas the type of person they think is an object should show no signs of being a person. We’re socialized to see the imperfections in those objects.”
― In Other Lands
― In Other Lands
“What, you people expect women to tear apart their bodies and then go to all the bother of raising the children? That takes years, you know,” Serene remarked sternly. “The women’s labour is brief and agonizing, and the man’s is long and arduous. This seems only just. What on earth are men contributing to their children’s lives in the human world? Why would any human woman agree to have a child?” “The more she talks the more sense it all makes,” said Elliot. “Has anyone else discovered that?”
― In Other Lands
― In Other Lands
Steph’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Steph’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
377 books
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41 friends
438 books
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52 friends
33 books
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192 friends
1 book
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0 books
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37 friends
52 books
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348 friends
283 books
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74 friends
523 books
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90 friends
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