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Nikolai is Currently Reading

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Walk the Blue Fields

by Claire Keegan

bookshelves: currently-reading, fiction, short-stories, irish-lit

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Aug 28, 2026 01:49AM

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The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones

by George R.R. Martin

bookshelves: currently-reading, fantasy

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Nikolai said: " Gorgeous artwork and reads exactly as it should, partially like a chronicle akin to those of English history and partially as a lexicon. Great fun, if you love the world of ASOIAF. "

Aug 27, 2022 11:17AM · see review

Nikolai’s Quotes

“At times I think of human relationships as something soft like sand or water, and by pouring them into particular vessels we give them shape.”
― Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You

159 likes

“You know why people pair up into couples? Because being a human is fucking terrifying. But it's a hell of a lot easier if you're not doing it by yourself.”
― Alice Oseman, Loveless

tags: aromantic, asexuality, friendship, loneliness, relationships, romance

189 likes

“I was tired, it was late, I was sitting half-asleep in the back of a taxi, remembering strangely that wherever I go, you are with me, and so is he, and that as long as you both live the world will be beautiful to me.”
― Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You

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“Within relationships, the desire to have sex and the desire not to have sex are so often treated unequally because of the common belief that entering a relationship requires giving up a measure of consent.”
― Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

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“Presumably, remembered suffering never feels as bad as present suffering, even if it was really a lot worse - we can't remember how much worse it was, because remembering is weaker than experiencing.”
― Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You

tags: suffering

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