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sally rooney's genius is out of this world

"I felt a sort of pitying anguish over the pathos of my own lot: the lot of a being finely organised for pain, but with hardly any fibres that responded to pleasure––to whom the idea of future evil robbed the present of its joy, and for whom the idea of future good did not still the uneasiness of a present yearning or a present dread. "

we men of science
- 6/10

lies we told each other (a partial list)
- 5/10

these are facts
- 7/10

"“Sometimes I feel like I don’t have to tell you things,
because I feel like when you look at me, you can see everything.”

"The way your mother rolls her eyes at you, your sudden decision to stop
eating red meat, the immediate unexplainable sadness you felt when you
saw your father’s shirt draped over the back of a chair."

salted circus cashews, swear to god
- 6/10

short stories
- 5/10 a bit cliche but i ate it up

a most blessed and auspicious occasion
- 7/10 a witty commentary on outsider influence on relationships, anything can be fun with the right person

missed connection - m4w
- 6/10 oh to have missed so much because of your own fear and paralysis

serial monogamist
- 7/10 i fear this might be me in another life

lmao okay not the random micro-aggressions and casual misogyny being thrown around

ts is so refreshing

whenever i decide to pick up normal people and read it again thats how you know a cosmic shift is happening in my life

this is so distressing to read