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I remember that yearning, for something that was always about to happen and was never the same as the hands that were on us there and then,
“But I think it’s the quiet way you settle into the crook of a tree trunk, the still and slowdown of your heart in a world that wants us to be quick and to move onto the next thing.”
― World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
― World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
“I don’t want to be the kind of person who’s so caught up in the past that she wastes her present and ruins her future.”
― Never Ever Getting Back Together
― Never Ever Getting Back Together
“Hope in the shadow of fear is the world's most powerful motivator.”
― Scythe
― Scythe
“My greatest wish for humanity is not for peace or comfort or joy. It is that we all still die a little inside every time we witness the death of another. For only the pain of empathy will keep us human. There’s no version of God that can help us if we ever lose that.”
― Scythe
― Scythe
“Actors are by nature volatile—alchemic creatures composed of incendiary elements, emotion and ego and envy. Heat them up, stir them together, and sometimes you get gold. Sometimes disaster.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
Emma’s 2025 Year in Books
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