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“Is the air okay?" I texted.
"It hurts a little to breathe," my sister texted back. "But we're okay."
Jesus, I thought, is there a better and more succinct definition of grief than It hurts a little to breathe, but we're okay?”
― You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
"It hurts a little to breathe," my sister texted back. "But we're okay."
Jesus, I thought, is there a better and more succinct definition of grief than It hurts a little to breathe, but we're okay?”
― You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
“So I wonder: Will a person who has drowned,
Or almost drowned, always feel
Like they're drowning,
Even after they've been saved?”
― You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
Or almost drowned, always feel
Like they're drowning,
Even after they've been saved?”
― You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
“Memory works that way—like seeing forward and backward at the same time.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
“It's strange, to not be the youngest kind of adult anymore”
― Writers & Lovers
― Writers & Lovers
“Her death hit in waves. Not a flood, but water lapping steadily at her ankles. You could drown in two inches of water. Maybe grief was the same.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
Carmen’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Carmen’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
770 books
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89 friends
63 books
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164 friends
1,659 books
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27 friends
155 books
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38 friends
491 books
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183 friends
1,322 books
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121 friends
305 books
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114 friends
425 books
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84 friends
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