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“The books we need are of the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that makes us suffer like the death of someone we love more than ourselves, that make us feel as though we were on the verge of suicide, lost in a forest remote from all human habitation.”
― The Trial
― The Trial
“To live is to be haunted.”
― Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
― Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
“The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“it is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary.' 'A melancholy conclusion,' said K. 'It turns lying into a universal principle.”
― The Trial
― The Trial
“Ruth said, "Love isn't just wanting another person the way you want to own an object you see in a store. That's just desire. You want to have it around, take it home and set it up somewhere in the apartment like a lamp. Love is"-she paused, reflecting-"like a father saving his children from a burning house, getting them out and dying himself. When you love you cease to live for yourself; you live for another person.”
― Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
― Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Sereena’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Sereena’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
137 books
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10 friends
0 books
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6 friends
42 books
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40 friends
4 books
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8 friends
65 books
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16 friends
19 books
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41 friends
1 book
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17 friends
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