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"It occurs to me that this lonely, beastly, bleeding boy is the only person who has ever fought for me, ever stood between me and the dark and told me to save myself."
Alix E. Harrow, Starling House 📚 💙 #booksky
Alix E. Harrow, Starling House 📚 💙 #booksky
October 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"It occurs to me that this lonely, beastly, bleeding boy is the only person who has ever fought for me, ever stood between me and the dark and told me to save myself."
Alix E. Harrow, Starling House 📚 💙 #booksky
Alix E. Harrow, Starling House 📚 💙 #booksky
"Home is what you take with you, not what you leave behind." N.K. Jemisin The Fifth Season 📚 💙
March 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
"Home is what you take with you, not what you leave behind." N.K. Jemisin The Fifth Season 📚 💙
"In this city, justice was a luxury that only the privileged few could afford." Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead 📚💙
February 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"In this city, justice was a luxury that only the privileged few could afford." Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead 📚💙
Our library created blind dates with a book for February. They had both children books & adult books. It was so much fun picking out! #librariansrock 📚💙
February 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Our library created blind dates with a book for February. They had both children books & adult books. It was so much fun picking out! #librariansrock 📚💙
“I don’t understand it any more than you do, but one thing I’ve learned is that you don’t have to understand things for them to be.” Madeleine L'Engle A Wrinkle in Time #kidlit 📚💙
February 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
“I don’t understand it any more than you do, but one thing I’ve learned is that you don’t have to understand things for them to be.” Madeleine L'Engle A Wrinkle in Time #kidlit 📚💙
“I would sooner interview a dozen bloody changelings than navigate my way through this thicket of social conventions. I thought to myself that perhaps I should simply avoid conversation altogether going forward, seeing as I always make a mess of it. ”Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett 📚💙
February 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
“I would sooner interview a dozen bloody changelings than navigate my way through this thicket of social conventions. I thought to myself that perhaps I should simply avoid conversation altogether going forward, seeing as I always make a mess of it. ”Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett 📚💙
"But people could read it. The Scythe Archive is open to everyone."
"Yeah," said Rowan, "like the Thunderhead. People can read anything, but no one does. All they do is play games and watch cat holograms." Neal Shusterman Scythe 📚💙
"Yeah," said Rowan, "like the Thunderhead. People can read anything, but no one does. All they do is play games and watch cat holograms." Neal Shusterman Scythe 📚💙
January 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"But people could read it. The Scythe Archive is open to everyone."
"Yeah," said Rowan, "like the Thunderhead. People can read anything, but no one does. All they do is play games and watch cat holograms." Neal Shusterman Scythe 📚💙
"Yeah," said Rowan, "like the Thunderhead. People can read anything, but no one does. All they do is play games and watch cat holograms." Neal Shusterman Scythe 📚💙
"In the happiest times of my life, I have reached for my books. In the saddest times of my life, my books have reached back." Barbara Davis The Echo of Old Books 📚💙
January 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"In the happiest times of my life, I have reached for my books. In the saddest times of my life, my books have reached back." Barbara Davis The Echo of Old Books 📚💙
" It contains my disobedience and bravery, my curiosity and discoveries, my pain and refusal to cry." Amy Tan
The Backyard Bird Chronicles 📚💙
The Backyard Bird Chronicles 📚💙
January 24, 2025 at 1:44 AM
" It contains my disobedience and bravery, my curiosity and discoveries, my pain and refusal to cry." Amy Tan
The Backyard Bird Chronicles 📚💙
The Backyard Bird Chronicles 📚💙
"Those of us who dream of impossible things know just how far we can go when pushed to do so." TJ Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea 📚💙
January 13, 2025 at 2:24 AM
"Those of us who dream of impossible things know just how far we can go when pushed to do so." TJ Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea 📚💙
"There has to be something in you, something that hungers for clarity. And you will need that hunger, because if you follow that path, soon enough you will find yourself confronting not just their myths, not just their stories, but your own.” Ta-Nehisi Coates in The Message. 📚 💙
January 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"There has to be something in you, something that hungers for clarity. And you will need that hunger, because if you follow that path, soon enough you will find yourself confronting not just their myths, not just their stories, but your own.” Ta-Nehisi Coates in The Message. 📚 💙
“There will be moments when you have to be a grown-up. Those moments are tricks. Do not fall for them.” Jenny Lawson Furiously Happy 📚💙
December 30, 2024 at 12:28 AM
“There will be moments when you have to be a grown-up. Those moments are tricks. Do not fall for them.” Jenny Lawson Furiously Happy 📚💙
”Never comfort someone with a lie.” New Kid by Jerry Craft 📚 💙
December 26, 2024 at 3:08 AM
”Never comfort someone with a lie.” New Kid by Jerry Craft 📚 💙
“…we can’t just sit and wait for society to get better. If more people start to read, they’ll be able to empathize with the pain of others and the world will become a better place sooner.” Author Hwang Bo-Reum’s “Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop” 📚 💙
December 20, 2024 at 9:00 PM
“…we can’t just sit and wait for society to get better. If more people start to read, they’ll be able to empathize with the pain of others and the world will become a better place sooner.” Author Hwang Bo-Reum’s “Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop” 📚 💙
"My biggest discovery was that you can literally re-create your life. You can redefine it. You don’t have to live in the past. I found that not only did I have fight in me, I had love."
Viola Davis, Finding Me
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Viola Davis, Finding Me
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December 11, 2024 at 1:08 AM
"My biggest discovery was that you can literally re-create your life. You can redefine it. You don’t have to live in the past. I found that not only did I have fight in me, I had love."
Viola Davis, Finding Me
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Viola Davis, Finding Me
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"Niceness is all about what we do when other people are looking. Kindness, on the other hand, runs deep. Kindness is what happens when no one’s looking."
Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches 📚💙
Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches 📚💙
December 10, 2024 at 3:54 AM
"Niceness is all about what we do when other people are looking. Kindness, on the other hand, runs deep. Kindness is what happens when no one’s looking."
Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches 📚💙
Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches 📚💙
"I wonder how much more can be taken. I wonder how much is left for us to lose."
Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed 📚 💙
Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed 📚 💙
December 4, 2024 at 4:14 AM
"I wonder how much more can be taken. I wonder how much is left for us to lose."
Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed 📚 💙
Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed 📚 💙
"I was so tired of being called a fire hazard I could vomit.
... when institutions don’t want to do something, to claim that something is a ‘safety issue’ is an easy argument to fall back on. It sounds so benign and protective."
Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
... when institutions don’t want to do something, to claim that something is a ‘safety issue’ is an easy argument to fall back on. It sounds so benign and protective."
Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
November 30, 2024 at 4:07 AM
"I was so tired of being called a fire hazard I could vomit.
... when institutions don’t want to do something, to claim that something is a ‘safety issue’ is an easy argument to fall back on. It sounds so benign and protective."
Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
... when institutions don’t want to do something, to claim that something is a ‘safety issue’ is an easy argument to fall back on. It sounds so benign and protective."
Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
"I am so tired. The weight of my expendability is crushing."
Angeline Boulley, Firekeeper's Daughter 📚💙
Angeline Boulley, Firekeeper's Daughter 📚💙
November 24, 2024 at 1:34 AM
"I am so tired. The weight of my expendability is crushing."
Angeline Boulley, Firekeeper's Daughter 📚💙
Angeline Boulley, Firekeeper's Daughter 📚💙