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"“The publicness of the public library is an increasingly rare commodity. It becomes harder all the time to think of places that welcome everyone and don’t charge any money for that warm embrace.�
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"“The publicness of the public library is an increasingly rare commodity. It becomes harder all the time to think of places that welcome everyone and don’t charge any money for that warm embrace.�
Support your local library folks!" — Mar 25, 2025 08:54PM
“When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don’t seem to matter very much, do they?�


“But there’s only so long you can blame what you’ve been through for what you do. At some point, you gotta blame yourself.”
― On the Come Up
― On the Come Up

“In America, one of my professors said once that the best art comes from an unbearable life—if you live through it, that is.”
― If I Had Your Face
― If I Had Your Face
“for one moment in time,
two lonely astronauts floating in space,
finally find each other.”
― Ziggy, Stardust and Me
two lonely astronauts floating in space,
finally find each other.”
― Ziggy, Stardust and Me

“We’re in a time now where, more than ever, girls and young queer people create modern mainstream music and fan cultures with their outlooks and actions. They’re the ones at the helm of fan practices that the public have a vague awareness of: tweeting their favourite artist incessantly, writing fan fiction, religiously updating devoted social media profiles, buying ‘meet-and-greet� tickets and following the band around to various show dates. This is slowly being acknowledged, in part for the money it generates for a changing music industry, and in part because of the ‘women in music� literature that has been published in the 2010s.”
― Fangirls
― Fangirls
“Anyone can be a critic, but to really create something - that's hard.”
― Stars Like Us
― Stars Like Us

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