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Sociopath: a Memoir by Patric Gagne
dark
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
“I don’t care what other people think. I’m not interested in morals. I’m not interested, period. Rules do not factor into my decision-making. I’m capable of almost anything.”
“I can point to research examining the relationship between anxiety and apathy, and how stress associated with inner conflict is believed to subconsciously compel sociopaths to behave destructively.”
“Representation matters. I offer my story because it illustrates the truth no one wants to admit: that darkness is where you least expect it. I am a criminal without a record. I am a master of disguise. I have never been caught. I have rarely been sorry. I am friendly. I am responsible. I am invisible. I blend right in. I am a twenty-first-century sociopath.”
“I can point to research examining the relationship between anxiety and apathy, and how stress associated with inner conflict is believed to subconsciously compel sociopaths to behave destructively.”
“Representation matters. I offer my story because it illustrates the truth no one wants to admit: that darkness is where you least expect it. I am a criminal without a record. I am a master of disguise. I have never been caught. I have rarely been sorry. I am friendly. I am responsible. I am invisible. I blend right in. I am a twenty-first-century sociopath.”
A Touch of Chaos by Scarlett St. Clair
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
“Forever will never be enough,” he said. “Not when I have lived half my life without you.”
“Mourning was not just about the person. It was about the world one created around them, and when they ceased to exist, so did that world.”
“I will love you through this,” he whispered. “I will love you beyond this.”
“Mourning was not just about the person. It was about the world one created around them, and when they ceased to exist, so did that world.”
“I will love you through this,” he whispered. “I will love you beyond this.”
Husband Material by Alexis Hall
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
“I am yours, more truly than I have ever been anyone’s. Because when I’m with you, I’m me. Not someone I think I should be. And I’ll be with you, however you want, for as long as you’ll have me.”
“And that's what death is really, isn't it? A lot of things you'll never know.”
“Besides, I'm not with you for your cooking or your ability to wash up. I'm with you because you make me feel better than anyone ever has. And I often wish I could be more like you.”
“And that's what death is really, isn't it? A lot of things you'll never know.”
“Besides, I'm not with you for your cooking or your ability to wash up. I'm with you because you make me feel better than anyone ever has. And I often wish I could be more like you.”
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
“I think,” Hoa says slowly, “that if you love someone, you don’t get to choose how they love you back.”
“But for a society buit on exploitation, there is no greater threat than having no one left to oppress.”
“How can we prepare for the future if we won’t acknowledge the past?”
“But for a society buit on exploitation, there is no greater threat than having no one left to oppress.”
“How can we prepare for the future if we won’t acknowledge the past?”
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
“Sometimes I feel like my brain is a machine built by someone who lost the instruction manual.”
“Some people are born in the mountains, while others are born by the sea. Some people are happy to live in the place they were born, while others must make a journey to reach the climate in which they can flourish and grow. Between the ocean and the mountains is a wild forest. That is where I want to make my home.”
“I don't want to be a girl. I don't want to be a boy either. I just want to be myself.”
“Some people are born in the mountains, while others are born by the sea. Some people are happy to live in the place they were born, while others must make a journey to reach the climate in which they can flourish and grow. Between the ocean and the mountains is a wild forest. That is where I want to make my home.”
“I don't want to be a girl. I don't want to be a boy either. I just want to be myself.”
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique W. Morris
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
“Without intentional efforts to combat old ways and norms, ... institutions ... reproduce dominant social ideas, hierarchies, and systems of oppression.”
“A recent report, “The Sexual Abuse to Prison Pipeline,” highlighted the way in which girls, particularly girls of color, are criminalized as a result of their sexual and physical abuse. ...quite often ignored is how sexual violence can also become a pathway to confinement.”
“For Black girls, to be "ghetto" represents a certain resilience to how poverty has shaped racial and gender oppression. To be "loud" it to demand to be heard. To have an "attitude" is to reject a doctrine of invisibility and maltreatment. To be flamboyant--or "fabulous"--is to revise the idea that socioeconomic isolation is equated with not having access to materially desirable things. To be a ghetto Black girl, then, is to reinvent what it means to be Black, poor, and female.”
“A recent report, “The Sexual Abuse to Prison Pipeline,” highlighted the way in which girls, particularly girls of color, are criminalized as a result of their sexual and physical abuse. ...quite often ignored is how sexual violence can also become a pathway to confinement.”
“For Black girls, to be "ghetto" represents a certain resilience to how poverty has shaped racial and gender oppression. To be "loud" it to demand to be heard. To have an "attitude" is to reject a doctrine of invisibility and maltreatment. To be flamboyant--or "fabulous"--is to revise the idea that socioeconomic isolation is equated with not having access to materially desirable things. To be a ghetto Black girl, then, is to reinvent what it means to be Black, poor, and female.”
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
“We tell people to follow their dreams, but you can only dream of what you can imagine, and, depending on where you come from, your imagination can be quite limited.”
“People love to say, “Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime.” What they don’t say is, “And it would be nice if you gave him a fishing rod.” That’s the part of the analogy that’s missing.”
“Language, even more than color, defines who you are to people.”
“People love to say, “Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime.” What they don’t say is, “And it would be nice if you gave him a fishing rod.” That’s the part of the analogy that’s missing.”
“Language, even more than color, defines who you are to people.”
The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
“To say that men can be bullheaded would be insulting to the bull.”
“There were rules among friends, commandments, really, and the most important one was Thou Shalt Not Lust After Thy Friend's Sister.”
“Did you know I have always suspected that men were idiots," Daphne ground out, "but I was never positive until today.”
“There were rules among friends, commandments, really, and the most important one was Thou Shalt Not Lust After Thy Friend's Sister.”
“Did you know I have always suspected that men were idiots," Daphne ground out, "but I was never positive until today.”
The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
“Being useful to others is not the same thing as being equal.”
“But if you stay, no part of this comm gets to decide that any part of this comm is expendable. No voting on who gets to be people.”
“The way of the world isn’t the strong devouring the weak, but the weak deceiving and poisoning and whispering in the ears of the strong until they become weak, too.”
“But if you stay, no part of this comm gets to decide that any part of this comm is expendable. No voting on who gets to be people.”
“The way of the world isn’t the strong devouring the weak, but the weak deceiving and poisoning and whispering in the ears of the strong until they become weak, too.”
Don't Ask Me Where I'm from by Jennifer De Leon
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
“It was like the latitude and longitude of your birthplace can ultimately determine your life’s borders.”