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“The thing is, I don't want my sadness to be othered from me just as I don't want my happiness to be othered. They're both mine. I made them, dammit.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“Ma. You once told me that memory is a choice. But if you were god, you'd know it's a flood.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“He who blames others has a long way to go on his journey. He who blames himself is halfway there. He who blames no one has arrived.”
― The 36 Stratagems in Ancient China War: 三十六计
― The 36 Stratagems in Ancient China War: 三十六计
“Whenever I asked her to tell me what happened up there, Naomi would say no one who has been to space could ever describe it to someone who hasn’t.”
― Goldilocks
― Goldilocks
“There is so much I want to tell you, Ma. I was once foolish enough to believe knowledge would clarify, but some things are so gauzed behind layers of syntax and semantics, behind days and hours, names forgotten, salvaged and shed, that simply knowing the wound exists does nothing to reveal it.
I don't know what I'm saying. I guess what I mean is that sometimes I don't know what or who we are. Days I feel like a human being, while other days I feel more like a sound. I touch the world not as myself but as an echo of who I was. Can you hear me yet? Can you read me?”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
I don't know what I'm saying. I guess what I mean is that sometimes I don't know what or who we are. Days I feel like a human being, while other days I feel more like a sound. I touch the world not as myself but as an echo of who I was. Can you hear me yet? Can you read me?”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Kumar’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Kumar’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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96 friends
22 books
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90 books
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22 friends
1 book
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2 books
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2 books
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1 book
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2 books
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131 friends
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