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“Make up a story... For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief's wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear's caul.”
― The Nobel Lecture In Literature, 1993
― The Nobel Lecture In Literature, 1993
“I'm restless. Things are calling me away. My hair is being pulled by the stars again.”
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“One must not put trust in novelists, Beth; they create worlds to fit their own needs and drive their characters mad in doing it.”
― Shades of Milk and Honey
― Shades of Milk and Honey
“And I know now that all the time I was trying to get
out of the dust,
the fact is,
what I am,
I am because of the dust.
And what I am is good enough.
Even for me.”
― Out of the Dust
out of the dust,
the fact is,
what I am,
I am because of the dust.
And what I am is good enough.
Even for me.”
― Out of the Dust
“Like all walls it was ambiguous, two faced. What was inside it and what was outside it depended upon which side you were on.”
― The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
― The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
Gathered Nettles’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Gathered Nettles’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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980 friends
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119 books
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1,718 friends
1,173 books
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90 friends
3,293 books
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484 friends
5,335 books
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411 friends
3,753 books
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3,954 friends
6,342 books
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2,367 friends
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