Julie Garner

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Julie is Currently Reading

Julie Garner is currently reading

I Who Have Never Known Men

by Jacqueline Harpman

bookshelves: currently-reading, dystopian, fantasy, feminism, heart-breaking

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Sep 06, 2025 07:37AM

Julie Garner is currently reading

Nuclear War: A Scenario

by Annie Jacobsen (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, 21st-century, alternative-history, cold-war, military-history, nuclear-weapons

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Julie’s Quotes

“She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city”
― Roman Payne, The Wanderess

tags: empowerment, exploration, feminism, roman-payne, strong-women, the-wanderess, wander, wanderer, wanderess, wandering

1530 likes

“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.”
― Abigail Adams, The Letters of John and Abigail Adams

tags: feminism

1513 likes

“Underneath this veneer of slightly crazy and mildly socially retarded, I'm a complete disaster.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

1554 likes

“Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.”
― Jack Kerouac

920 likes

“She is free in her wildness, she is a wanderess, a drop of free water. She knows nothing of borders and cares nothing for rules or customs. 'Time' for her isn’t something to fight against. Her life flows clean, with passion, like fresh water.”
― Roman Payne

tags: empowerment, exploration, feminism, roman-payne, strong-women, the-wanderess, wander, wanderer, wanderess, wandering

1920 likes

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