Emily Jo Donovan

https://www.goodreads.com/deteriorism

Emily Jo’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (2871)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (567)
horror‎ (172)
fantasy‎ (148)
historical-fiction‎ (147)
authors-of-color‎ (127)
mystery‎ (118)
thriller‎ (117)
literary-fiction‎ (102)

paranormal‎ (72)
young-adult‎ (72)
contemporary‎ (71)
crime‎ (62)
lgbt‎ (60)
classics‎ (58)
sci-fi‎ (56)
2026-tbr-goals‎ (53)
feminism‎ (48)
gothic‎ (43)

asian-lit‎ (42)
novella‎ (42)
non-fiction‎ (38)
african-american-lit‎ (36)
favorites‎ (35)
dystopian‎ (30)
speculative-fiction‎ (29)
2025-tbr-goals‎ (20)
indigenous-lit‎ (20)
poetry‎ (20)

hispanic-lit‎ (19)
mental-health‎ (19)
short-stories‎ (16)
want-to-reread‎ (16)
space-opera‎ (11)
western‎ (11)
dark-academia‎ (9)
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Emily Jo’s Quotes

“Too much sunshine makes a desert.”
― Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home

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“You once told me that the human eye is god's loneliest creation. How so much of the world passes through the pupil and still it holds nothing. The eye, alone in its socket, doesn't even know there's another one, just like it, an inch away, just as hungry, as empty.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

tags: insightful, lonely, thought-provoking

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“I related to the guillotine the most: I, too, was a direct descendant of gravity, born from women who belonged inside their countries the way blades belonged inside a body.”
― K-Ming Chang, Bestiary

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“Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, “It might have been.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle

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“There is an Arabic proverb that says:
She makes you feel
like a loaf of freshly baked bread.

It is said about
the nicest
kindest
people.
The type of people
who help you
rise.”
― Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home

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