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"Didn't want to let me meagre 14 day streak on StoryGraph die, so I read a few poems of this anthology I bought today at the conference. Now I feel like a kid taking part in a reading challenge." — Jul 06, 2026 02:16PM
"Didn't want to let me meagre 14 day streak on StoryGraph die, so I read a few poems of this anthology I bought today at the conference. Now I feel like a kid taking part in a reading challenge." — Jul 06, 2026 02:16PM
‘Good heavens, Catherine. If you’re going to dream, try to dream up something useful.’
“But my spring continued to have no butterflies.”
― Empress Orchid
― Empress Orchid
“I never felt sure of what I craved more: solitude or attention. So I sought both, ever at odds between instinct and performance.”
― Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
― Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
“But as anyone who loves reading and writing quickly learns, both activities allow you to commune with the living and the dead, to listen to the thoughts of those who have come before you and argue, cajole, and sing praise for them in response.”
― Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
― Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
“In my old age, whenever I tired of working or thought of quitting, I would go and visit the ruins of Yuan Ming Yuan. The moment I stepped among the broken stones, I could hear the barbarians cheering. The image would choke me as if the smoke still clung in the air.”
― Empress Orchid
― Empress Orchid
“Buddhists believed that the lotus leaf was the seat of Kuan Ying, the goddess of mercy, who was orginally a man but took the form of a woman. Kuan Ying was a favourite of mine, so I was inclined to like Li Lien-ying from the start.”
― Empress Orchid
― Empress Orchid
Elysephone’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Elysephone’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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29 friends
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