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Sam
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We spend our lives as adults making sense of the memories we carry with us from our childhoods, but we must still be beholden, always, to the facts.
…did my therapist write this line?
“The clitoris is pure in purpose. It is the only organ in the body designed purely for pleasure.”
― The Vagina Monologues
― The Vagina Monologues
“I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my lids and all is born again.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)”
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I lift my lids and all is born again.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)”
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“My mind has been the most discontented and restless one that ever was put into a body too small for it.”
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“The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.”
― The Awakening
― The Awakening
“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.”
― Atlas Shrugged
― Atlas Shrugged
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Sam’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Sam’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Adult Fiction, Biography, Book Club, Chick-lit, Children's, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science fiction, Self help, Suspense, Thriller, Travel, and Young-adult
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