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A Life Without Gratitude

A Life Without Gratitude

"Yes?" "I was going to die." I say it plainly, because it is plain. "Not as a metaphor. The medical situation. The things Dr. Morrison is monitoring. A year ago I was in a hospital and I understood for the first time that I was someone the world could be without. And they had organized my life as though that were already true — as though I were a resource being used until it ran out." A pause. "I didn't die. I'm standing here on this gravel."
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Worlds Apart

Worlds Apart

She spent the next few days at home. … Gwyneth went out to take the trash one evening, unaware that a man was hiding behind the bin. After tossing it out, she turned around, and the man sprayed something behind her. Her body went weak, and she passed out. When she woke up, she found herself tied up on a rooftop. The biting wind cut right through her. Liana sat across from her, legs crossed, watching her with an eerie, menacing stare. She had lost a lot of weight since her imprisonment, and her eyes carried the weight of everything she'd endured.
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Between Two Worlds

Between Two Worlds

Bella Who would’ve thought that “us against the world” would quickly turn into “me against the world, and against the memory you have now lost”? It will be the biggest lie of mine if I say that none of this affects me, that I have faith in our love and that you will remember me in no time. But I would just keep on pretending, not until the negativity inside me melt away. By the time I was walking straight into your room, hospital corridors echoed with the hurried footsteps of anxious visitors and the hushed whispers of worried families. Amongst them, is me, and my heavy heart filled with anticipation.
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Your World Cup, Not Mine Anymore

Your World Cup, Not Mine Anymore

It was packed with vacation clothes, and sitting right on top of the clothes was a brand-new, unopened box of condoms. Chloe said: "I’m packing my bags. Gavin and I are flying abroad tomorrow to watch the match." Seeing my cold face and silence. Chloe deliberately added: "The World Cup only happens every four years. It’s super popular. So many people want to watch it but can’t squeeze their way in." "Those who can’t squeeze in are destined to be left out." My patience was gradually running out. My tone was cold and stern: "I’m only here for the pillow. You can have Gavin!"
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A World I Never Knew Existed

A World I Never Knew Existed

, “ are you married?” “Anyways, your world is better than ours. I've read somewhere that you people, I mean you all have soulmates for life. That's really awesome. To love someone and be loved by that one throughout the life unconditionally, its awesome.'' I got quiet for a few seconds wondering how beautiful their life must be . how good it must be felt to be loved by someone beyond any reason.
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The Last Hunt: the broken omega

The Last Hunt: the broken omega

She tilted her head, a look of genuine pity on her glowing features. “Oh, Zara. You still think in three dimensions. How quaint.” She leaned in, her breath smelling of ozone and dead stars. “There are no aliens. There is no invasion force waiting in the sky.” What? What did that even mean? She swept her hand around the room. The walls shifted, displaying images, not of space, but of Earth. A burning Earth. Cities crumbling to dust, oceans boiling, and wolves… millions of wolves, starving, dying, their bodies withering away.
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MY CRUEL PROTECTOR

MY CRUEL PROTECTOR

He simply walked to us and offered his hand. Chapter 93 was finished. The war for the universe was over. The design was a void. And as the sun rose over the silent, healing city of Moscow, I realized that the "Far Side of Silence" wasn't a place at the edge of the galaxy. It was the beginning of a life that belonged to us.
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The first thing that struck me about 'The World Without Us' was how hauntingly beautiful its premise is—what if humans vanished overnight? Alan Weisman doesn’t just speculate; he dives deep into science to show how nature would reclaim cities, how infrastructure would crumble, and even how long our plastic waste would linger. It’s not dystopian; it’s almost poetic, imagining vines cracking through sidewalks and nuclear plants melting down without maintenance.

I couldn’t put it down because it made me see familiar places differently. Like, my apartment building would be a forest in 500 years? Wild! It’s a mix of ecology, engineering, and philosophy, wrapped in this eerie 'what if' scenario that lingers long after reading. Makes you appreciate both human ingenuity and nature’s resilience.

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