Human Condition


The Stranger
Man's Search for Meaning
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
The Metamorphosis
Lord of the Flies
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
1984
The Book Thief
The Death of Ivan Ilych
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Siddhartha
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Jim Thompson
I looked at her, with her hair spilled out on the pillows and the warmth of her body warming mine. And I thought, god-dang, if this ain't a heck of a way to be in bed with a pretty woman. The two of you arguing about murder, and threatening each other, when you're supposed to be in love and you could be doing something pretty nice. And then I thought, well, maybe it ain't so strange after all. Maybe it's like this with most people, everyone doing pretty much the same thing except in a different ...more
Jim Thompson, Pop. 1280

Erik Pevernagie
If our thoughts are slumping down into a muddling pie of oblivion, we must empower our minds to go beyond vain details or useless conventions. Scanning the reach on the horizon and challenging our imagination can allow us to recognize the essentials of our human condition and achieve harmony in our lives. ("Dirty bike) ...more
Erik Pevernagie

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