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Ripper

by Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author)

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Apr 24, 2025 05:16AM

“Many people would have to hang by their teeth from a frayed cord suspended by a paper clip from a leaking hot air balloon over the Grand Canyon in order to feel what I feel standing on the third step of a stepladder trying to put millet in the bird feeder.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, Changing Planes

tags: imagination, nervousness, sensitivity, worry

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“Life's no piece of cake, mind you, but the recipe's my own to fool with.”
― Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

tags: being-different, free-will, life, recipe

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“There are talking dogs all over the place, unbelievably boring they are, on and on and on about sex and shit and smells, and smells and shit and sex, and do you love me, do you love me, do you love me.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, Changing Planes

tags: anthropomorphism, anthropomorphization, anthropomorphizing, dogs, dogs-humour, dogs-speak

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“Sum and Khatiwada found that youth employment is linked to lower rates of teen pregnancy and reductions in crime, particularly among young men. Simply put, “high rates of idleness among men reduce their work experience and their future earnings potential, thus making criminal activity more attractive.”45”
― Mark R. Levin, Plunder and Deceit: Big Government's Exploitation of Young People and the Future

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“Because now people use the phrase OCD to describe minor personality quirks. "Oooh, I like my pens in a line, I'm so OCD."
NO YOU'RE FUCKING NOT.
"Oh my God, I was so nervous about that presentation, I literally had a panic attack."
NO YOU FUCKING DIDN'T.
"I'm so hormonal today. I just feel totally bipolar."
SHUT UP, YOU IGNORANT BUMFACE.”
― Holly Bourne, Am I Normal Yet?

tags: mental-health

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