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jokes i made in my fanfiction that turned out to be canon:
-luka having fake gauges
If you think you're important, if you feel that your life matters, all you need to do is spend some time in nature...Stand before an ocean. Climb a mountain. Stare out over a canyon. Creation--wild and untamed--reminded her of her size in this universe.
Beyond the Point by Claire Gibson
i kinda wish people in my life would stop asking me if i intended to go to art school. like a) do i LOOK like i can afford art school? sis please.
but also like? i don't really want a formal education. like sure, id love to work on concept art for game companies or really get into design but do i really want to turn what i love into something i'll eventually get sick of? i think still being able to enjoy this hobby is a bit more important than understanding how folds and lighting work for years on end.
I loved how connected Bryan and Sean let each other, and themselves be. They're comfortable with who they are, and around each other. It really created a friendly aura. I'm glad they let themselves be close. It turned a possibly awkward situation into something you cant help but smile at and love.
Maybe that’s what made a memory powerful. Not that it happened once, but that it happened over and over again on the screen of your mind.
Beyond the Point by Claire Gibson
“Eight weeks had multiplied-- breaking into tiny fragments-- until they’d spread into a million moments, some bitter, some savory, and some sweet. Time was malleable that way. Weeks could feel like years, if you filled them to the brim. A day could manufacture memories to last a lifetime.”
“There is a physical ache you feel when you’re falling in love. It’s your heart making room for someone else, like a gardener is there, digging out a hole for a new plant. There is pain, and there is fear. The fear that the hole might stay forever.”
“Some wounds are invisible. It doesn’t mean they’re not real.”
“In that moment, Avery was certain she’d never seen a more beautiful woman. Magazines airbrushed celebrities. Television romanticized relationships. They showed sex and flirtation and forbidden moments of passion. But they never showed this. This love without makeup and without pretense. This love that forgives. This broken gray bravery in the face of loss. And that was part of love too. To be willing to see it die.”
Book: Beyond The Point Author: Claire Gibson Published: HarperCollins (2019)
My Review: Yet another Book of The Month win! I swear, if you’re looking to find great books that you wouldn’t typically choose for yourself, this is the way. I’m telling you. Go sign up.
And in terms of the book...
Three girls from three different walks of life form the kind of unbreakable bond we all dream of while cutting their teeth at West Point; an unbelievable challenge that they all handle in their own unique ways. One dives into work and sports; the second dives into one meaningless relationship after another; and the third dives into the love of her life. A few staggering tragedies later, and we’re learning what these girls are really made of.
But this book is about so much more than the military and West Point and war. This book is about what love and friendship *really* look like. Not the glossed over versions of these things we see in the movies, but the rough-around-the-edges kind of relationships that are 100% honest and gritty and true.
It’s about new beginnings, and the fact that we’re often pushed back into that starting-over place again and again in our lives until we learn that the fear and discomfort of starting over are not only inevitable, but painfully beautiful (and painfully important) parts of our existence as humans.
And the cherry on top? No cheesy ending. The last page stayed true to the first: just real life moving on-- loose ends, unhappy endings and all.
"Beyond The Point" from #debutauthor @clairecgibson released this week! This novel shines a light on the struggles of #women in the #militaryits effects on their relationships. Inspired by true events, "Beyond The Point" is worth the read.
