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The Book of Form and Emptiness: A Novel
Things are needy. They take up space. They want attention, and they will drive you mad if you let them.
from The Book of Form and Emptiness: A Novel by Ruth Ozeki
Creighton added 2mo ago
And what about the troublesome matter of more? For most humans throughout history, “more” wasn’t even an option. “Enough” was the goal and was, by definition, enough.
from The Book of Form and Emptiness: A Novel by Ruth Ozeki
Creighton added 2mo ago
by the end of the first week, it was understood by everyone, even the most clueless, that Benny and his family were to be their ostracized Other, against whose strangeness they could define their collective normality.
from The Book of Form and Emptiness: A Novel by Ruth Ozeki
Creighton added 2mo ago
The first words of a book are of utmost importance. The moment of encounter, when a reader turns to that first page and reads those opening words, it’s like locking eyes or touching someone’s hand for the first time, and we feel it, too.
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Then she stood and lifted the stool carefully off Benny, who continued to sit there, looking somewhat wobbly and exposed, like Jell-O taken too soon from the mold.
from The Book of Form and Emptiness: A Novel by Ruth Ozeki
Creighton added 2mo ago
we envy you. It’s that simple. We envy you your bodies. How can we not? Books have bodies, too, but ours lack the organs needed to experience the world.
from The Book of Form and Emptiness: A Novel by Ruth Ozeki
Creighton added 2mo ago
It was en, he said, their fate or destiny, a mysterious connection, perhaps from a former lifetime, that bound them together in this one.
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especially if it’s a Made thing with lots of different makers,
from The Book of Form and Emptiness: A Novel by Ruth Ozeki
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Her stepfather’s dark shadow, looming in her doorway.
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