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“Your father is a man who needs devotion. I mean, he needs to be devoted to something. If ballet hadn't gotten him, religion might have. Or maybe he would have joined the military. I think we can all agree ballet was the best option.”
― They're Going to Love You
― They're Going to Love You
“But by then, I've discovered the pleasures of solitude, and acquired the habit of loneliness.”
― They're Going to Love You
― They're Going to Love You
“Not everything is a test,” she says gently. “Of how much you can stand on your own.”
― They're Going to Love You
― They're Going to Love You
“This is my legacy. I come from people who are in the back of the photo. This is my inheritance: to know the precise distance between oneself, and greatness.”
― They're Going to Love You
― They're Going to Love You
“I used to joke I'd escaped the curse of the male gaze, because so many men have to physically look up to meet my eyes. But the male gaze is a gods-eye view. Which is to say: omni-present, and internalized. There's still a man in the mirror, watching me look at myself.”
― They're Going to Love You
― They're Going to Love You
Julia’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Julia’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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562 books
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87 books
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Art, Biography, Comics, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Graphic novels, History, Horror, Manga, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Suspense, Thriller, and Young-adult
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