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“You know what, sometimes it seems to me we're living in a world that we fabricate for ourselves. We decide what's good and what isn't, we draw maps of meanings for ourselves... And then we spend our whole lives struggling with what we have invented for ourselves. The problem is that each of us has our own version of it, so people find it hard to understand each other.”
― Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
― Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
“Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is.”
― Herzog
― Herzog
“Very few of us are what we seem.”
― The Man in the Mist
― The Man in the Mist
“Tonight I can write the saddest lines
I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too.”
― Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too.”
― Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
“The human psyche evolved in order to defend itself against seeing the truth. To prevent us from catching sight of the mechanism. The psyche is our defense system - it makes sure we'll never understand what's going on around us. Its main task is to filter information, even though the capabilities of our brains are enormous. For it would be impossible for us to carry the weight of this knowledge. Because every tiny particle of the world is made of suffering.”
― Prowadź swój pług przez kości umarłych
― Prowadź swój pług przez kości umarłych
Gabrielle’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Gabrielle’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
228 books
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39 friends
625 books
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37 friends
0 books
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3 friends
0 books
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2 friends
54 books
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31 friends
1 book
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54 friends
0 books
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13 friends
3,345 books
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37 friends
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