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Assembly

by Natasha Brown (Goodreads Author)

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Irene.’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for The Lonesome Bodybuilder: Stories

The Lonesome Bodybuilder: Stories by Yukiko Motoya

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I didn’t let myself be bound by anything as common as common sense.

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“Whoever you were, there was a chance that you would end up wanting to run away from a job you had believed in, that you would stray from the path you were on.”
― Kikuko Tsumura, There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job

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“How did you get here, little girl?’ she said, in a voice that suggested gingerbread cottages and the slamming of big stove doors.”
― Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites

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“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

tags: inspiration

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“In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.”
― Angela Y. Davis

tags: racism

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“Sleeping gave me time off from myself — a delicious sort of respite. Without it I grow overfamiliar, sticky with self-contempt.”
― Julia Armfield, Salt Slow

tags: self-contempt, sleep

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