Emīls Ozoliņš

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Emīls is Currently Reading

Emīls Ozoliņš is currently reading

The Trouble with Happiness (International Edition) (Penguin Modern Classics)

by Tove Ditlevsen

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Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood

by Lucy Jones

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The Nickel Boys

by Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author)

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Emīls’s Notes & Highlights

Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski

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Some things cannot be erased through silence. Some people have that power over you, whether you like it or not. I begin to see that now. Some people, some events, make you lose your head. They’re like guillotines, cutting your life in two, ...more

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Emīls’s Quotes

“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

tags: animal-farm, animals, closing-line, man, satirical

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“Pateikšanās, lūdzu, priekš manis nekādas! Dzīvo prātīgi un neiemīlējies! Tā būs tā labākā pateicība.”
― Jānis Poruks, Pērļu zvejnieks

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“When it comes to death, who do you suppose has it easier? Ones with religion or just taking it straight?”
― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls

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“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

tags: books, humor

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“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

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