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@theestherkim.bsky.social
Exploring what it means to be uniquely me and love it. Trying to bounce back from the crisis of life. Originator of awkward
“Still, Jody knows that if he were free they would find real love, nights that lasted as long as other people’s entire lifetimes.” - A Hoffman (Illumination Night)
October 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
“Still, Jody knows that if he were free they would find real love, nights that lasted as long as other people’s entire lifetimes.” - A Hoffman (Illumination Night)
“Of course she has no proof. But Vonny is sure enough of his attraction to imagine murdering him in various ways several times a day. What can she do to save her marriage before Andre does something stupid?” - A Hoffman (Illumination Night)
October 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
“Of course she has no proof. But Vonny is sure enough of his attraction to imagine murdering him in various ways several times a day. What can she do to save her marriage before Andre does something stupid?” - A Hoffman (Illumination Night)
“Tété couldn’t compare, but now that she didn’t belong to him, she seemed desirable.” - I Allende (Island Beneath the Sea)
October 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
“Tété couldn’t compare, but now that she didn’t belong to him, she seemed desirable.” - I Allende (Island Beneath the Sea)
“‘I’m no good for that, sir!’
‘How do you know? We all have an unsuspected reserve of strength inside that emerges when life puts us to the test.’” - I Allende (Island Beneath the Sea)
‘How do you know? We all have an unsuspected reserve of strength inside that emerges when life puts us to the test.’” - I Allende (Island Beneath the Sea)
September 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
“‘I’m no good for that, sir!’
‘How do you know? We all have an unsuspected reserve of strength inside that emerges when life puts us to the test.’” - I Allende (Island Beneath the Sea)
‘How do you know? We all have an unsuspected reserve of strength inside that emerges when life puts us to the test.’” - I Allende (Island Beneath the Sea)
“He needed to share with her his most intimate thoughts, fears, and desires, to dominate her and at the same time serve her with total abnegation.” - I Allende (Island Beneath the Sea)
September 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“He needed to share with her his most intimate thoughts, fears, and desires, to dominate her and at the same time serve her with total abnegation.” - I Allende (Island Beneath the Sea)
"She had the confidence of those who enjoy love." - I Allende (Island Beneath the Sea)
September 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"She had the confidence of those who enjoy love." - I Allende (Island Beneath the Sea)
"Dr. Parmentier wanted to know her secrets and she gave them to him, though they were used to help other whites, because knowledge comes from Papa Bondye and it belongs to everyone, and if not shared it is lost. And that is so." - I Allende (Island Beneath the Sea)
September 28, 2025 at 8:54 AM
"Dr. Parmentier wanted to know her secrets and she gave them to him, though they were used to help other whites, because knowledge comes from Papa Bondye and it belongs to everyone, and if not shared it is lost. And that is so." - I Allende (Island Beneath the Sea)
"I concede that the white race is superior in one aspect: we are more aggressive and greedy. That explains our power and the extent of our empires.” - I Allende (Island Beneath the Sea)
September 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"I concede that the white race is superior in one aspect: we are more aggressive and greedy. That explains our power and the extent of our empires.” - I Allende (Island Beneath the Sea)
“That's the worst of it. That's the tragedy. I get everything I want, and now it means nothing.” - FS Fitzgerald (The Last Tycoon)
September 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“That's the worst of it. That's the tragedy. I get everything I want, and now it means nothing.” - FS Fitzgerald (The Last Tycoon)
“The novelist looked back at him in thunderous silence.” - FS Fitzgerald (The Last Tycoon)
September 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“The novelist looked back at him in thunderous silence.” - FS Fitzgerald (The Last Tycoon)
“‘Is there a right and a wrong?’ I needed to know. ‘There’s a done and an undone. You need to ask yourself this: Do you wish to dream of the black horse all your life?’” - A Hoffman (The Foretelling)
September 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
“‘Is there a right and a wrong?’ I needed to know. ‘There’s a done and an undone. You need to ask yourself this: Do you wish to dream of the black horse all your life?’” - A Hoffman (The Foretelling)
“So why was it I felt I had taken too much? Why did I feel as though I had given too much away?” - A Hoffman (The Foretelling)
September 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
“So why was it I felt I had taken too much? Why did I feel as though I had given too much away?” - A Hoffman (The Foretelling)
“I should have known then that one thing should never pretend to be what it is not. Woman or horse or bear. Being anything other than what you truly are can only lead to sorrow and regret.” - A Hoffman (The Foretelling)
September 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
“I should have known then that one thing should never pretend to be what it is not. Woman or horse or bear. Being anything other than what you truly are can only lead to sorrow and regret.” - A Hoffman (The Foretelling)
“‘I should go along,’ he said, ‘I should be chaperone. Once upon a time when I was in the big money, I had a daughter --s beautiful daughter.’ He spoke as if she had been sold to creditors as a tangible asset.” - FS Fitzgerald (The Last Tycoon)
September 9, 2025 at 7:36 AM
“‘I should go along,’ he said, ‘I should be chaperone. Once upon a time when I was in the big money, I had a daughter --s beautiful daughter.’ He spoke as if she had been sold to creditors as a tangible asset.” - FS Fitzgerald (The Last Tycoon)
“How could they fight her? What could they do? Our enemies ran from her and scattered like leaves, red leaves, fallen leaves.” - A Hoffman (The Foretelling)
September 9, 2025 at 2:57 AM
“How could they fight her? What could they do? Our enemies ran from her and scattered like leaves, red leaves, fallen leaves.” - A Hoffman (The Foretelling)
"We’d laid out all our cards, no one won, and now the game was finally over." - J Kim (City of Night Birds)
September 8, 2025 at 6:52 AM
"We’d laid out all our cards, no one won, and now the game was finally over." - J Kim (City of Night Birds)
“'This is what it’s about? You want my forgiveness?' I snort. 'You are incorrigible. We are finished—that is the best that I can do for you. I need to save some kindness for myself, too.'" - J Kim (City of Night Birds)
September 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
“'This is what it’s about? You want my forgiveness?' I snort. 'You are incorrigible. We are finished—that is the best that I can do for you. I need to save some kindness for myself, too.'" - J Kim (City of Night Birds)
“Stop trying to push into things way above your pay grade. First, you must dance better. At your current state, I can’t possibly bring you to Olga and force her to acknowledge you by name, like you matter.” - J Kim (City of Night Birds)
September 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“Stop trying to push into things way above your pay grade. First, you must dance better. At your current state, I can’t possibly bring you to Olga and force her to acknowledge you by name, like you matter.” - J Kim (City of Night Birds)
“Indeed, art of any kind isn’t possible without its creator believing that it’s truer than reality. That’s the difference between art and something merely beautiful.” - J Kim (City of Night Birds)
September 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“Indeed, art of any kind isn’t possible without its creator believing that it’s truer than reality. That’s the difference between art and something merely beautiful.” - J Kim (City of Night Birds)
“People in their teens and twenties have the beauty that they have been given. After the age of thirty, their looks are determined by what they give—to themselves and to the world.” - J Kim (City of Night Birds)
September 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“People in their teens and twenties have the beauty that they have been given. After the age of thirty, their looks are determined by what they give—to themselves and to the world.” - J Kim (City of Night Birds)
"The stupid little tragedies of these clipped and limited lives!" - HG Wells (Kipps)
August 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
"The stupid little tragedies of these clipped and limited lives!" - HG Wells (Kipps)
“‘Just as though ’e’d put on what came first?’ said the pupil, in a faded voice. ‘Not exactly that, but a sort of ease.’ Kipps nodded his head intelligently. In his heart, he was kicking his silk hat about the room in an ecstasy of disappointment.” - HG Wells (Kipps)
August 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
“‘Just as though ’e’d put on what came first?’ said the pupil, in a faded voice. ‘Not exactly that, but a sort of ease.’ Kipps nodded his head intelligently. In his heart, he was kicking his silk hat about the room in an ecstasy of disappointment.” - HG Wells (Kipps)
“She spoke in a voice as unambiguous as her eyes. ‘You needn’t,’ she said. ‘You know, Mr. Kipps, you hold yourself too cheap.’ Her eyes and words smote him with amazement. He stared at her like a man who awakens. She looked down.” - HG Wells (Kipps)
August 23, 2025 at 8:42 AM
“She spoke in a voice as unambiguous as her eyes. ‘You needn’t,’ she said. ‘You know, Mr. Kipps, you hold yourself too cheap.’ Her eyes and words smote him with amazement. He stared at her like a man who awakens. She looked down.” - HG Wells (Kipps)