Leah Belle
@leahbellewrites.bsky.social
Writer, doctor, and scientist. Reading (and writing!) literary fiction and narrative medicine. Lover of all things musical. She/Her.
Whenever I have the compulsion to write, I always think about this quote.
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September 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Whenever I have the compulsion to write, I always think about this quote.
#booksky #writesky #iamwriting
#booksky #writesky #iamwriting
Joan Didion on grief:
"Here lies the heart of the difference between grief as we imagine it and grief as it is: the unending absence that follows, the void...the relentless succession of moments during which we will confront the experience of meaninglessness itself."
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"Here lies the heart of the difference between grief as we imagine it and grief as it is: the unending absence that follows, the void...the relentless succession of moments during which we will confront the experience of meaninglessness itself."
#booksky #writesky #Iamwriting
August 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Joan Didion on grief:
"Here lies the heart of the difference between grief as we imagine it and grief as it is: the unending absence that follows, the void...the relentless succession of moments during which we will confront the experience of meaninglessness itself."
#booksky #writesky #Iamwriting
"Here lies the heart of the difference between grief as we imagine it and grief as it is: the unending absence that follows, the void...the relentless succession of moments during which we will confront the experience of meaninglessness itself."
#booksky #writesky #Iamwriting
July 14, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The entire novel is a dire warning of the dangers of idealism, as well as the fine line between deserved hope and delusion--and this quote is at the very heart of it.
No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man can store up in his ghostly heart.
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No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man can store up in his ghostly heart.
#booksky #writers #writesky #amwriting
July 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The entire novel is a dire warning of the dangers of idealism, as well as the fine line between deserved hope and delusion--and this quote is at the very heart of it.
No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man can store up in his ghostly heart.
#booksky #writers #writesky #amwriting
No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man can store up in his ghostly heart.
#booksky #writers #writesky #amwriting
I've never read a better explanation of why Russian short stories hit home the way they do.
"They were written to challenge and antagonize and outrage. And, in a complicated way, to console."
~George Saunders, A Swim in A Pond in the Rain
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"They were written to challenge and antagonize and outrage. And, in a complicated way, to console."
~George Saunders, A Swim in A Pond in the Rain
#booksky #writers ##IAmWriting #writersky
June 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I've never read a better explanation of why Russian short stories hit home the way they do.
"They were written to challenge and antagonize and outrage. And, in a complicated way, to console."
~George Saunders, A Swim in A Pond in the Rain
#booksky #writers ##IAmWriting #writersky
"They were written to challenge and antagonize and outrage. And, in a complicated way, to console."
~George Saunders, A Swim in A Pond in the Rain
#booksky #writers ##IAmWriting #writersky
April 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
An absolutely extraordinary piece of characterization by Sally Rooney in Intermezzo. #booksky #writingcommunity #bookreview #writing #authors
April 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
An absolutely extraordinary piece of characterization by Sally Rooney in Intermezzo. #booksky #writingcommunity #bookreview #writing #authors
As a child, I thought The Lottery was gratuitous and unrealistic.
As an adult, I see these lotteries everywhere. So many are happy to throw stones, until they, too, are targeted. #booksky
As an adult, I see these lotteries everywhere. So many are happy to throw stones, until they, too, are targeted. #booksky
April 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
As a child, I thought The Lottery was gratuitous and unrealistic.
As an adult, I see these lotteries everywhere. So many are happy to throw stones, until they, too, are targeted. #booksky
As an adult, I see these lotteries everywhere. So many are happy to throw stones, until they, too, are targeted. #booksky
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge
April 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge
"It's one thing to be alone, and another to be thrust back into loneliness."
-Bryan Washington, "Foster," @newyorker.com
I always go back to this story as an absolute masterclass in brevity. #booksky
-Bryan Washington, "Foster," @newyorker.com
I always go back to this story as an absolute masterclass in brevity. #booksky
April 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"It's one thing to be alone, and another to be thrust back into loneliness."
-Bryan Washington, "Foster," @newyorker.com
I always go back to this story as an absolute masterclass in brevity. #booksky
-Bryan Washington, "Foster," @newyorker.com
I always go back to this story as an absolute masterclass in brevity. #booksky
I don't think an ending of a short story has EVER hit me as hard as "In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buried." Absolutely gutting, with or without context. #booksky
April 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't think an ending of a short story has EVER hit me as hard as "In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buried." Absolutely gutting, with or without context. #booksky