“No matter what happens in the world, however brutal or dystopian a thing, not all is lost if there are people out there risking themselves to document it.”
― Swimming in the Dark
― Swimming in the Dark
“He wondered if a love not properly expressed mutated into something jagged and unwieldy like metal, something that could kill you.”
― Are You Happy Now
― Are You Happy Now
“It’s hard, you know, to break a silence that becomes a part of how you see yourself. Silence becomes a way of living”
― Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World
― Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World
“My own feelings are a hedge of briars that I can’t bring myself to touch. There are so many unhappy people, I just don’t want to find out that I am one of them. They walk among us, they touch you, and you become them. Introspection is like cyanide. Life is fine this way, ignorance is easy, I do what is easy. Doesn’t that make the most sense?”
― Sunburn
― Sunburn
“Imagine a place where I could scream and not be heard, and fail and not be seen. A place where my insignificance would not hurt, because everybody would be insignificant.”
― Sunburn
― Sunburn
Buzzwordathon
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The Buzzword Readathon (#buzzwordathon) is a monthly readathon, running the first week of each month (1st through 7th). Each month will have a designa ...more
Literally Dead Book Club
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A mostly monthly book club (February-November) focused on thriller/mystery/horror hosted by BooksandLala and a rotating set of wonderful co-hosts! li ...more
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