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“Stories are medicine. I have been taken with stories since I heard my first. They have such power; they do not require that we do, be, act, anything -- we need only listen.”
― Women Who Run With the Wolves
― Women Who Run With the Wolves
“Language, even more than color, defines who you are to people.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“At times the world may seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe that there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough. and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.”
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“Without suffering, there's no happiness. So we shouldn't discriminate against the mud. We have to learn how to embrace and cradle our own suffering and the suffering of the world, with a lot of tenderness.”
― No Mud, No Lotus: Hardcover Gift Edition: The Art of Transforming Suffering
― No Mud, No Lotus: Hardcover Gift Edition: The Art of Transforming Suffering
Aimée’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Aimée’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
429 books
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27 friends
225 books
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28 friends
1,460 books
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166 friends
294 books
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108 friends
1,185 books
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183 friends
1,718 books
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25 friends
85 books
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301 friends
2,093 books
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72 friends
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