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We love a narrative of the great individual whose life is shot through with major events and who turns out to be either a villain or a hero, but the world is inherently more complex than the narratives we impose upon it, just as the reality
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“It’s funny how so much of healing and “finding ourselves” as adults is really just returning to who we were as children before society got its grip on us, before we were taught to feel shame for being ourselves, before we were taught that our needs were too much.”
― Are You Mad at Me?: How to Stop Focusing on What Others Think and Start Living for You
― Are You Mad at Me?: How to Stop Focusing on What Others Think and Start Living for You
“Consider yourself for a moment—everything you’ve overcome, everything you’ve survived. Think of the people who loved you up into your now. Think of how hard school is or was, how you were lucky or blessed to meet people you could love and who could love you. Think about how rare and precious humans are, and how many of them you get to worry for and care about.”
― Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
― Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
“But of course people are not just their economic productivity. We do not exist primarily to be plugged into cost-benefit analyses. We are here to love and be loved, to understand and be understood.”
― Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
― Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
Alyssa’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Alyssa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
150 books
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29 friends
421 books
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64 friends
1,407 books
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6 friends
8,300 books
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172 friends
560 books
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18 friends
494 books
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8 friends
979 books
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90 friends
766 books
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111 friends
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