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Of course they all remember; of course it is not only me, trying to both preserve and crack open the lie that time doesn’t pass, that loss isn’t a blade so sharp that it can make you bleed long before you ever feel the sting.
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.”
― The Four Loves
― The Four Loves
“Drug scares are a form of moral panic, which are almost always stoked, if not initiated by, elite forces and often used to buttress the social order in societies undergoing rapid change.”
― The Urge: Our History of Addiction
― The Urge: Our History of Addiction
Jess’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jess’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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152 friends
136 books
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89 friends
77 books
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175 friends
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153 friends
110 books
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49 friends
13 books
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18 friends
52 books
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53 friends
11 books
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38 friends
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