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Most of all, bittersweetness shows us how to respond to pain: by acknowledging it, and attempting to turn it into art, the way the musicians do, or healing, or innovation, or anything
“The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock—shock is a worn-out word—but astonish.”
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“Ultimately, your theme will find you. You don't have to go looking for it.”
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“Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with someone else's imagination after a day that's all too real.”
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“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.”
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“Whenever I don’t know whether to fight or not, I fight.”
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Annah’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Annah’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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