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Part of me thinks that your very vulnerability brings you closer to the meaning of life, just as for others, the quest to believe oneself white divides them from it. The fact is that despite their dreams, their lives are also not
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“There are lots of things we never understand, no matter how many years we put on, no matter how much experience we accumulate.”
― The Elephant Vanishes
― The Elephant Vanishes
“There are some things about myself I can’t explain to anyone. There are some things I don’t understand at all. I can’t tell what I think about things or what I’m after. I don’t know what my strengths are or what I’m supposed to do about them. But if I start thinking about these things in too much detail the whole thing gets scary. And if I get scared I can only think about myself. I become really self-centered, and without meaning to, I hurt people. So I’m not such a wonderful human being.”
― The Elephant Vanishes
― The Elephant Vanishes
“Memory is like fiction; or else it's fiction that's like memory.”
― The Elephant Vanishes
― The Elephant Vanishes
“America seems filled with violent people who like causing people pain but hate when those people tell them that pain hurts.”
― Heavy
― Heavy
“I realised my life would be full of mundane physical suffering, and that there was nothing special about it. Suffering wouldn't make me special, and pretending not to suffer wouldn't make me special. Talking about it, or even writing about it, would not transform the suffering into something useful.”
― Conversations with Friends
― Conversations with Friends
Erin’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Erin’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
498 books
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168 friends
766 books
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80 friends
55 books
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117 friends
1,920 books
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187 friends
1,275 books
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28 friends
381 books
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42 friends
94 books
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21 friends
1,851 books
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258 friends
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