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And then I take a little brush and I slick black paint over each eyelash and then I take a hot metal stick and wind my head-hairs around it so that everything is spirals. I stuff each breast into a cotton cup-bag, and the bags are sewn
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“I think the air smells best when all of the tree smells get swirled up by a storm. Big old trees on my street listen to me and watch me in a nice way like I am their niece.”
― Little Weirds
― Little Weirds
“A stranger helped me. Specifically, he helped me look into outer space. I said thank you, obviously.”
― Little Weirds
― Little Weirds
“I believe that wildness belongs in people.”
― Little Weirds
― Little Weirds
“Marianne had the sense that her real life was happening somewhere very far away, happening without her, and she didn't know if she would ever find out where it was or become part of it.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“It’s gross. Why are so many men so gross but still we say that they are heroes? And if we try to even talk about it with these men, they get incredibly upset and defensive and call us cruel or insecure, but really, you can’t have it both ways. You can’t do the thing but then not want to ever discuss it. If you want to hide it, maybe it’s not just because “it is private” but because you know, you really do know, that it is gross.”
― Little Weirds
― Little Weirds
Melissa’s 2025 Year in Books
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83 books
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523 books
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668 books
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800 books
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142 friends
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87 friends
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