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The Reading Room

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01Reality & Belief4 entries02Human Relations3 entries03The Writing Life1 entries04The Body: Lyra, Poses, Progressions, & Positions2 entries05Beauty & Material Life0 entries06Languages & Learning0 entries07Miscellany2 entries08Leaving John: 40 Days & 40 Nights6 entries
All entriesBy dateOn shelf: Human Relations
2026-08-21 · observation · feeling 😌 Peaceful

Reached beyond your language

This is why I say you don’t find the right man for you. He is revealed. In exactly this way.

Human Relations
2026-02-27 · observation · feeling 😌 Peaceful

Relearning trust through many hands

I think it takes a village to rehabilitate an adult. To re teach safety. To re orient trust. To love and be loved completely.

Human Relations
2026-10-08 · reflection · feeling 🥹 Tender

No. I’m not going to beat the character into submission to hold onto the assumption, I let her give up. And this is why…

It’s like the denseness of his situation eroded my ability to imagine well for him. No matter how much I wanted to. I was both seduced and consumed by the circumstance. I hated that I was so taken by it that, even though we’d become so close, I couldn’t imagine him free.

Reality & BeliefHuman Relations