834 books
—
304 voters
if you were rich enough, you could buy something just like this and sit in it to comfortably watch the world around you stutter to a stop as it ran out of everything you had bought up just before the end. And it wasn’t the end of
...more
“Palestine is a microcosm of the world: wretched, raging, fraught, and fragmented. On fire. Stubborn. Ineligible. Dignified. The lens we lend the Palestinian reveals how we see each other, how we see everything else.”
― Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal
― Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal
“The Palestinian People have consistently made it crystal clear that our enemy is Zionism, an ideology of dispossession, an expansionist and racist settler-colonial enterprise. Zionism, not Jews. Our capacity to produce such distinction is admirable and impressive, considering the heavy-handedness with which Zionism attempts to synonymize itself with Judaism. However, this distinction is not our responsibility, and, personally, it is not my priority.”
― Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal
― Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal
“The very quality of propaganda—illogic—is precisely its strongest suit, because it is a distraction. Distraction from what? The focal point: colonialism, siege, military occupation.”
― Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal
― Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal
“know,” she said, and he believed her. “You’re all capable of such great and terrible things. And in such a short amount of time. You are surrounded by millions of those like you, yet you can still feel alone. You’re so angry and powerful and wonderful. And so fragile. You can break into pieces and feel so lost. I didn’t get that. Not … before. I don’t think any of us did. You’re complex and yet so simple at the same time. It’s a dichotomy that shouldn’t be possible. When you smile, it’s like the sun is out. When you cry, it’s like you’re trapped in shadows and you can’t find your way back to the light. You can hold a gun to your enemy’s head and pull the trigger in the name of what you call God. You drop bombs and scorch the ground beneath your feet. You hurt each other. You love each other. You scream words that fall on deaf ears. You hate that others aren’t like you. They scare you, even though they want nothing more than to be you. You make yourselves a home out of nothing. You carry each other until your knees give out and you stumble. It’s almost impossible to understand. None of us could get that. Not until they felt a heart beating in a chest like I have. Not until I felt the bones beneath my skin. We’re not alike. Not really. We’re separated by time and space. And yet, somehow, we’re all made of dust and stars. I think we’d forgotten that. And I don’t know if you ever knew that to begin with. How can you be alone when we’re all the same?” Nate blinked away the burn in his eyes.”
― The Bones Beneath My Skin
― The Bones Beneath My Skin
“I think one of the benefits of growing up with a sibling is having a witness. It’s nice to have someone to cross-reference your childhood with.”
― We Could Be Rats
― We Could Be Rats
❀The Never-ending TBR❀ {You Are Loved}
— 2567 members
— last activity 5 hours, 52 min ago
Teens? Bookaholics? Adventure seekers? Activists? Wizards? Faes? Witches? Aliens? Humans? Welcome to the Never-ending TBR! New here? Start by introdu ...more
Taylor’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Taylor’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Taylor
Lists liked by Taylor

































