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“One of the challenges with pain—physical or psychic—is that we can really only approach it through metaphor. It can’t be represented the way a table or a body can. In some ways pain is the opposite of language.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“I wanted to tell her that I was getting better, because that was supposed to be the narrative of illness: It was a hurdle you jumped over, or a battle you won. Illness is a story told in the past tense.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“You are as real as anyone, and your doubts make you more real, not less.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn't.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“You're both the fire and the water that extinguishes it. You're the narrator, the protagonist, and the sidekick. You're the storyteller and the story told. You are somebody's something, but you are also your you.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
Krissy’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Krissy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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297 friends
935 books
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111 friends
317 books
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14 friends
780 books
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657 books
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24 friends
30 books
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18 friends
140 books
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11 friends
19 books
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