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“I always went my own road and on my own legs where I had a mind to go”
― Heart of Darkness
― Heart of Darkness
“how can you imagine what particular region of the first ages a man's untrammelled feet may take him into by the way of solitude-utter solitude without a policeman-by the way of silence-utter silence, where no warning voice of a kind neighbor can be heard whispering of public opinion? These little things make all the great difference. When they are gone you must fall back upon your own innate strength, upon your own capacity for faithfulness.”
― Heart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction
― Heart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction
“He hated all this, and somehow he couldn't get away.”
― Heart of Darkness
― Heart of Darkness
“Droll thing life is -- that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose. The most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yourself -- that comes too late -- a crop of inextinguishable regrets.”
― Heart of Darkness
― Heart of Darkness
“Ambition was the old dream of his youth and childhood, a dream which he did not confess even to himself, though it was so strong that now his passion was even doing battle with his love”
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May’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at May’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
251 books
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33 friends
3,237 books
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205 friends
991 books
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126 friends
362 books
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29 friends
342 books
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30 friends
541 books
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42 friends
1,543 books
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134 friends
407 books
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54 friends
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