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“She said to the women, Leave your pain here and go out and do your magnificent things. I didn’t know instructions like this were possible.”
― Know My Name: A Memoir
― Know My Name: A Memoir
“Hold up your head when the tears come, when you are mocked, insulted, questioned, threatened, when they tell you you are nothing, when your body is reduced to openings. The journey will be longer than you imagined, trauma will find you again and again. Do not become the ones who hurt you. Stay tender with your power. Never fight to injure, fight to uplift. Fight because you know that in this life, you deserve safety, joy, and freedom. Fight because it is your life. Not anyone else's.”
― Know My Name
― Know My Name
“No matter how awful and long your journey, I can promise you the turn. One day it will lift.”
― Know My Name
― Know My Name
“The barricades that held us down will not work anymore. And when silence and shame are gone, there will be nothing to stop us. We will not stand by as our mouths are covered, bodies entered. We will speak, we will speak, we will speak.”
― Know My Name
― Know My Name
“Most people say developing is linear, but for survivors it is cyclic. People grow up, victims grow around; we strengthen around the place that hurt, become older and fuller, but the vulnerable core is never gone.”
― Know My Name
― Know My Name
XiLin’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at XiLin’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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11 friends
613 books
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151 books
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68 books
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2,238 books
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1,601 books
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2,489 books
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1,340 books
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122 friends
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