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Sam
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We spend our lives as adults making sense of the memories we carry with us from our childhoods, but we must still be beholden, always, to the facts.
…did my therapist write this line?
“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.”
― Atlas Shrugged
― Atlas Shrugged
“...to speak of them out loud, to speak of their hunger and pain and loneliness and humour, to make them visible so that can not be ravaged in the dark without great consequence.”
― The Vagina Monologues
― The Vagina Monologues
“The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.”
― The Awakening
― The Awakening
“Revolution is not a one time event.”
― Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
― Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
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Sam’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Sam’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
800 books
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212 friends
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1,315 books
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Favorite Genres
Adult Fiction, Biography, Book Club, Chick-lit, Children's, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science fiction, Self help, Suspense, Thriller, Travel, and Young-adult
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