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The Rainbow

by Yasunari Kawabata

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Philosopher of the Heart: The Restless Life of Søren Kierkegaard

by Clare Carlisle

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The Kingdom

by Emmanuel Carrère

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RINCO’s Quotes

“I am free and that is why I am lost.”
― Franz Kafka

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“Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game

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“In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them.... I destroy them.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game

tags: enemy, epiphany, hate, love, understanding

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“Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

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“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.”
― Anatole France

tags: animals, love, pets

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