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> [“It's not a silly pursuit to read beyond what's handed to you, to seek out new voices and leap over the usual books everyone's already talking about and see what you can find on your own. Making definitive choices about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nova-ren-suma/it-s-not-a-silly-pursuit-to-read-beyond-what-s-handed-to-you-to-seek/)

[Nova Ren Suma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nova-ren-suma/)

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## More by Nova Ren Suma

> [“They forgot who she was: Something fantastic we could never explain. Someone better and bolder than every one of us. Someone to paint murals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nova-ren-suma/they-forgot-who-she-was-something-fantastic-we-could-never-explain/)

[Nova Ren Suma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nova-ren-suma/)

> [“When you forget how bad it hurts, you feel so free.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nova-ren-suma/when-you-forget-how-bad-it-hurts-you-feel-so-free/)

[Nova Ren Suma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nova-ren-suma/)

> [“...I sat there in the boat under her stars and her moon gated on all sides by the mountains watching the last bits of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nova-ren-suma/i-sat-there-in-the-boat-under-her-stars-and-her-moon-gated-on-all/)

[Nova Ren Suma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nova-ren-suma/)

> [“Ruby’s stories didn’t have morals. They meant one thing in the light and one thing in the dark and another thing entirely when she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nova-ren-suma/ruby-s-stories-didn-t-have-morals-they-meant-one-thing-in-the-light/)

[Nova Ren Suma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nova-ren-suma/)

> [“This is how I know blood is meaningless family connections are a lot like old gum -you don't have to keep chewing. You can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nova-ren-suma/this-is-how-i-know-blood-is-meaningless-family-connections-are-a-lot/)

[Nova Ren Suma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nova-ren-suma/)

> [My Heart and Other Black Holes is alive with intensity, gut-wrenching honesty, moments of humor, and -- of course -- heart. This is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nova-ren-suma/my-heart-and-other-black-holes-is-alive-with-intensity-gut-wrenching/)

[Nova Ren Suma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nova-ren-suma/)

> [“Sometimes you need more than one way to reach the outside”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nova-ren-suma/sometimes-you-need-more-than-one-way-to-reach-the-outside/)

[Nova Ren Suma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nova-ren-suma/)

> [“In reality I was a pencil drawing of a photocopy of a Polaroid of my sister- you could see the resemblance in a certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nova-ren-suma/in-reality-i-was-a-pencil-drawing-of-a-photocopy-of-a-polaroid-of-my/)

[Nova Ren Suma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nova-ren-suma/)

> [We were alive. I remember it that way. We were still alive, and we couldn't see how close we were to the end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nova-ren-suma/we-were-alive-i-remember-it-that-way-we-were-still-alive-and-we/)

[Nova Ren Suma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nova-ren-suma/)

> [ \[C\]ouches and chairs covered in scratches aim away from one another, making it possible for a dozen people to sit in this room at… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nova-ren-suma/c-ouches-and-chairs-covered-in-scratches-aim-away-from-one-another/)

[Nova Ren Suma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nova-ren-suma/)

> [Sometimes a perfect memory can be ruined if put to words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nova-ren-suma/sometimes-a-perfect-memory-can-be-ruined-if-put-to-words/)

[Nova Ren Suma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nova-ren-suma/)

> [Most people, in the end, really are all on their own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nova-ren-suma/most-people-in-the-end-really-are-all-on-their-own/)

[Nova Ren Suma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nova-ren-suma/)

> [The story you choose to tell isn't always the story you believe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nova-ren-suma/the-story-you-choose-to-tell-isn-t-always-the-story-you-believe/)

[Nova Ren Suma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nova-ren-suma/)

> [There's something ugly about a pretty boy who knows he's pretty and assumes everyone else know it too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nova-ren-suma/there-s-something-ugly-about-a-pretty-boy-who-knows-he-s-pretty-and/)

[Nova Ren Suma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nova-ren-suma/)

> [“Sure. I would go. Balloon or bus or thumb out onthe highway”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nova-ren-suma/sure-i-would-go-balloon-or-bus-or-thumb-out-onthe-highway/)

[Nova Ren Suma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nova-ren-suma/)

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