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“The Defendant did not like to be told what to do and when to do it and once jammed his jail cell keyhole with toilet paper so the guards couldn’t get in when they arrived to escort him to his arraignment. For this he was called cunning and clever, though I had a dog who also tore up toilet paper when he didn’t get enough attention”
― Bright Young Women
― Bright Young Women
“The world had set me up to believe that it was women who went mad. It was simply women’s pain that manifested as madness.”
― Animal
― Animal
“But I can't quit the one thing that gives meaning to my life. Writing is the closest thing we have to real magic. Writing is creating something out of nothing, is opening doors to other lands. Writing gives you power to shape your own world when the real one hurts too much. To stop writing would kill me.”
― Yellowface
― Yellowface
“There were men who cracked their knuckles while divulging to me what they would do to the defendant if they got the chance, thinking this was somehow reassuring for me to hear. But all it did was make me realize that there wasn't so big a difference between the man who brutalized Denise and half the men I passed every day on the street.”
― Bright Young Women
― Bright Young Women
“Women got that feeling about him, that funny one we all get when we know something isn't right, but we don't know how to politely extricate ourselves from the situation without escalating the threat of violence or harassment. That is not a skill women are taught, the same way men are not taught that it is okay to leave a woman alone if what she wants is to be left alone.”
― Bright Young Women
― Bright Young Women
Paisley’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Paisley’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
234 books
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15 friends
722 books
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108 friends
852 books
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73 friends
154 books
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21 friends
1,662 books
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77 friends
982 books
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25 friends
346 books
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192 friends
75 books
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34 friends
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