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“Would a musician feel flattered by the loud applause of an audience if he knew that they were nearly all deaf, and that, to conceal their infirmity, they set to work to clap vigorously as soon as ever they saw one or two persons applauding?”
― The Wisdom of Life
― The Wisdom of Life
“Money! Money! Money! shrieking mad celestial money of illusion! Money made of nothing, starvation, suicide! Money of failure! Money of death! Money against Eternity! and eternity's strong mills grind out vast paper of Illusion!”
― Howl, Kaddish and Other Poems
― Howl, Kaddish and Other Poems
“in the desert of life, the fool travels alone and the wise by caravan.”
― 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
― 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
“They spend all their lives waiting for their lives to begin.”
― Station Eleven
― Station Eleven
“The Edge... There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. The others-the living-are those who pushed their control as far as they felt they could handle it, and then pulled back, or slowed down, or did whatever they had to when it came time to choose between Now and Later. But the edge is still Out there.”
― Hell's Angels
― Hell's Angels
Olja’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Olja’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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233 friends
1,453 books
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181 friends
84 books
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2 friends
97 books
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13 friends
2,073 books
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24 friends
716 books
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38 friends
2,087 books
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48 friends
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