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“I’m good, but not good enough, which is worse than simply being bad.”
― Luster
― Luster
“Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half-truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal, so must we see the need for nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in society that will help men rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism to majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood.”
― Letter from the Birmingham Jail
― Letter from the Birmingham Jail
“I couldn’t tell if I liked being alone, or if I only endured it”
― Luster
― Luster
“I think of how keenly I've been wrong. I think of all the gods I have made out of feeble men.”
― Luster
― Luster
“He is the most obvious thing that has ever happened to me, and all around the city it is happening to other silly, half-formed women excited by men who’ve simply met the prerequisite of living a little more life, a terribly unspecial thing that is just what happens when you keep on getting up and brushing your teeth and going to work and ignoring the whisper that comes to you at night and tells you it would be easier to be dead.”
― Luster
― Luster
Marie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Marie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,128 books
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13 friends
642 books
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163 friends
76 books
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75 friends
177 books
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42 friends
497 books
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42 friends
277 books
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9 friends
740 books
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70 friends
47 books
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6 friends
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