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Laura Tims
Goodreads Author
Born
in Freeport, Maine, The United States
July 17, 1992
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Weird Feminism: The Bergstrom Storm
There’s something I’ve noticed about white middle-aged men who write thrillers with young female protagonists.
On the 24th, S. (Scott) Bergstrom basically pissed off the entire YA community in an interview with Publishers Weekly with his claims that the category is bereft of moral complexity. This sentiment is echoed in his Amazon author page: "What has disappointed me about so many YA novels is th Read more of this blog post »
On the 24th, S. (Scott) Bergstrom basically pissed off the entire YA community in an interview with Publishers Weekly with his claims that the category is bereft of moral complexity. This sentiment is echoed in his Amazon author page: "What has disappointed me about so many YA novels is th Read more of this blog post »
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The Art of Feeling
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Please Don't Tell
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“The thing about guilt is that it doesn't make you want to fix yourself. It makes you shredded and hopeless and small. It makes you avoid the problem because you hate yourself so much you think you'll make it worse, and then you hate yourself more because you're not doing anything to help the people you hurt.”
― Please Don't Tell
― Please Don't Tell
“I’m tired of things I love being gone forever. I didn’t think there was room in me for any more holes, but that’s all I am now, a collection of empty spaces where things were ripped away.”
― The Art of Feeling
― The Art of Feeling
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“The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
“I have a little theory that I'd like to air here, if I may. What is it that you think makes you magicians?" More silence. Fogg was well into rhetorical-question territory now anyway. He spoke more softly. "Is it because you are intelligent? Is it because you are brave and good? Is is because you're special?
Maybe. Who knows. But I'll tell you something: I think you're magicians because you're unhappy. A magician is strong because he feels pain. He feels the difference between what the world is and what he would make of it. Or what did you think that stuff in your chest was? A magician is strong because he hurts more than others. His wound is his strength.
Most people carry that pain around inside them their whole lives, until they kill the pain by other means, or until it kills them. But you, my friends, you found another way: a way to use the pain. To burn it as fuel, for light and warmth. You have learned to break the world that has tried to break you.”
― The Magicians
Maybe. Who knows. But I'll tell you something: I think you're magicians because you're unhappy. A magician is strong because he feels pain. He feels the difference between what the world is and what he would make of it. Or what did you think that stuff in your chest was? A magician is strong because he hurts more than others. His wound is his strength.
Most people carry that pain around inside them their whole lives, until they kill the pain by other means, or until it kills them. But you, my friends, you found another way: a way to use the pain. To burn it as fuel, for light and warmth. You have learned to break the world that has tried to break you.”
― The Magicians
“People who claim that they're evil are usually no worse than the rest of us... It's people who claim that they're good, or any way better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of.”
― Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
― Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
“How absurd it was that in all seven kingdoms, the weakest and most vulnerable of people - girls, women - went unarmed and were taught nothing of fighting, while the strong were trained to the highest reaches of their skill.”
― Graceling
― Graceling
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Karlyflower *The Vampire Ninja, Luminescent Monster & Wendigo Nerd Goddess of Canada (according to The Hulk)*
Mar 03, 2016 04:51PM
Thank you for the friend-vite, Laura!!
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I ADORE Courtney Summers-Her writing is unparalleled. Just...don't even get me started. Though, my favorites by her are Some Girls Are and This is Not a Test.Thanks for the friendvite and I can't wait to discuss books with you :)
Sonya Heaney wrote: "Thanks for the friend invitation. :)"Thanks for accepting!!
Jana wrote: "Nice to meet you, Laura! I look forward to checking out your book list!"Thanks Jana! nice to meet you too!
Celeste_pewter wrote: "Sooo... do we get bonus points, if we become your fan too? :P"One thousand million bonus points and also cookies
except I would give you cookies anyway so the point is moot
Sam wrote: "Hello Laura, thanks for the friend invite :) I read the blurb of your book...wow.I look forward to reading this!!!"
HEY THANK YOU YOU ARE THE BEST
Hello Laura, thanks for the friend invite :) I read the blurb of your book...wow.I look forward to reading this!!!
Sooo... do we get bonus points, if we become your fan too? :P
Nice to meet you, Laura! I look forward to checking out your book list!
