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bookishjae
is on page 333 of 436
"A violent man is a sickness for all around him. Violence is a plague that spreads through everybody it comes into contact with . . . ,Violence isn’t a genetic illness, violence is a contagion, it passes from skin to skin. The heart gets infected. It’s exhausting to always be angry when you’re a child, constantly having to tense your body not to cry, because you know that if you start, you’ll never be able to stop."
— Jan 28, 2026 04:28PM
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bookishjae’s Previous Updates
bookishjae
is on page 208 of 436
"The artist tried to be happy, he really did, but he had been scared all his childhood."
— Jan 28, 2026 03:45PM
bookishjae
is on page 208 of 436
"No one can explain why some fourteen - year - olds want to die. Nature gains nothing from unhappy children, yet they are still walking around everywhere, without the words to describe their anxiety. Because how could you even begin to explain such a feeling to someone who has been happy and secure all their life?..."
— Jan 28, 2026 03:44PM
bookishjae
is on page 195 of 436
"Art is a nakedness, you have to be free to decide when you’re comfortable with it, and with whom."
— Jan 28, 2026 03:41PM
bookishjae
is on page 180 of 436
"Every time Joar defended the people he loved, he got hurt worse and worse, love would be the death of him one day. So his friends begged him to stop. Which forced Joar to be creative."
— Jan 28, 2026 03:16PM
bookishjae
is on page 151 of 436
"He feels like telling her that the artist didn’t give her the painting because it was his inheritance, he gave it to her because he realized that she was the inheritance. Art is what we leave of ourselves in other people. But he doesn’t quite know how to say that."
— Jan 28, 2026 02:53PM
bookishjae
is on page 74 of 436
"...in grief we are reminded that we’re human beings. In life we might be enemies, but when faced with death, we see the truth: we are one species, all we have is each other, and where you go, I shall follow."
oh fuck off, I'm going to cry
— Jan 28, 2026 10:10AM
oh fuck off, I'm going to cry
bookishjae
is on page 72 of 436
" “On your gravestone I’m going to write: ‘I love you and I trust you.’” "
I'm getting destroyed every single page oh my god
— Jan 28, 2026 10:07AM
I'm getting destroyed every single page oh my god
bookishjae
is on page 63 of 436
"He’s dreamed of being able to say: “Being human is to grieve, constantly.” Because what he really wants to know is: “How the hell do all the rest of you cope?” "
— Jan 28, 2026 10:01AM
bookishjae
is on page 57 of 436
"The artist didn’t know it then, but that was how he would eventually paint Joar in the picture: his outline blurred, as if you were always on the point of losing him. In the fullness of time the artist would find a way to paint laughter, make everything beautiful, because that was how he wanted to remember those days when they were fourteen. Because there was beauty too."
— Jan 28, 2026 09:45AM
bookishjae
is on page 41 of 436
"Because in an ugly place, he was born with so much beauty inside him that it was like an act of rebellion. In a world full of sledgehammers, his art was a declaration of war."
— Jan 28, 2026 09:36AM
