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listening to this podcast as i run and it’s encouraging me to run longer so i can finish it quicker

so excited to talk about this sexual orientalistic book with my grandma and father

family book club pick. and i really dislike it. but i will finish it. for my aunt

so sexual and for why. also this audiobook feels racist.

p. 50 Les gens semblaient se fondre dans la masse et accepter d’être amputés de ce qu’ils était. C’était peut-être le prix à payer pour vivre en France. Ça me paraissait trop cher payé. Après tout, qu’avais-je fait de mal ?

p. 43/44 A ce moment-là, je pensais m’être détaché de quelque chose. D’être ailleurs. D’avoir fui. Rien de plus faux. C’est comme ça que j’ai pu me défaire de l’idée que je haïssais mon pays. En Algérie, je détestais ma situation qui m’empêchait de m’épanouir et de me mouvoir comme je l’entendais. Pas mon pays.

p. 40 Un homme qui ne s’exprimait qu’en français était donc forcément une « tapette ».

The situation is simply one of manifestation or non-manifestation.

there’s not a war of good and evil but instead of war of five elements within me of which the answer to this war starts by breathing in and recognizing that i am breathing in

the relationships between men in this book are fascinatingly close and warm. and is homosexuality a response validating of heterosexual mindsets ? this is what i am thinking about

i feel like a lot of men probably read this and feel like they’re siddhartha on their path to discover themselves through isolation and really all they need for joy love etc is like two real friends

reading gardens of light and now this oooooo direction enlightenment

making me giggle asf

Thou hast eternity and the moment, what matter? Time is the lure of the Realm of Darkness. Do not let thyself be caught. Have no other care than for thy mission, every day!

madame kobe u were right

Berlin is just such an amalgamation of it all

hit my reading challenge perfectly this year and im so lit about that

30/30

reminds me of an algerian bonjour tristesse

Right so we can’t outwoke American imperialism can we

I love to give a book five stars ❤️ love EVERYONE 😊

Evansville Indiana mentioned ⚠️⚠️ Howard p jones wrote the expose on the kkk running evansville tf

Didn’t know about US involvement in France Italy and greece w anticommunism #learnedsomething

Her description of eyes and love… ❤️

wow lebo audiobook can’t put it down

The Potawatomi reciprocity she talks about reminds me very much so of the generosity Im experiencing in Algeria

makes me want to email mrs ahmed, makes me want to become a botanist, makes me understand why i appreciate maya’s life so much, makes me want to go outside and create something

mama mama