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“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
“I’m bettering myself, I thought. I’m going to become so smart that no one will understand me.”
― Conversations with Friends
― Conversations with Friends
“I think I only appear smart by staying quiet as often as possible.”
― Conversations with Friends
― Conversations with Friends
“My ego had always been an issue. I knew that intellectual attainment was morally neutral at best, but when bad things happened to me I made myself feel better by thinking about how smart I was.”
― Conversations with Friends
― Conversations with Friends
“I thought about all the things I had never told Nick about myself, and I started to feel better then, as if my privacy extended all around me like a barrier protecting my body.”
― Conversations with Friends
― Conversations with Friends
Kate’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Kate’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
98 books
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6 friends
151 books
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23 friends
127 books
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8 friends
48 books
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5 friends
141 books
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8 friends
281 books
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10 friends
156 books
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9 friends
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