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// “Life is not all lovely thorns and singing vultures, you know.” —Morticia Addams, The Addams Family (1964)
// “I hate how they have the power to kill my future, kill me. They treat my Black skin like a gun or a grenade or a knife that is dangerous and lethal, when really it’s them.” —Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
// “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” —Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
// “No one is forever glorious. And no one is forever unlucky.” —Shen Ruoxin, The Rational Life (理智派生活)
// “You know,” she’d said, “they say people are like snowflakes, each one unique, but I think they’re more like skies. Some are cloudy, some are stormy, some are clear, but no two are ever quite the same.” —The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
// “I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn't already know? I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race—that rarely do I ever simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant.” —The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
// it has been a while since i participated in a readathon, therefore i am so excited to take part in the magical readathon: orilium - the novice path created by @book_roast! ✨
// “Why do I have to tell a story?” I asked. “Because if you don’t tell the story, someone else will tell it for you.” —The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
// hi there, bookworms! ✨ it has been a while since i have been active in the book community, and i have been missing it so incredibly much. i started my first year of university a few months back and a lot of things in the real world kept me busy, so you can imagine the whirlwind of craziness these past few months have been. i think 2021 might just be the busiest year i've ever had...and we're only halfway. so many things are happening daily that it feels as if i'm running a never-ending marathon.
