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“It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.”
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“When you loved someone and had to let them go, there will always be that small part of yourself that whispers, "What was it that you wanted and why didn't you fight for it?”
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“If you have a comprehensive explanation for everything then it decreases uncertainty and anxiety and reduces your cognitive load. And if you can use that simplifying algorithm to put yourself on the side of moral virtue then you’re constantly a good person with a minimum of effort.”
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“The message to me was simple: you might change your whole life and lose love, but real good friends are REALLY fucking hard to come by, specifically if you live a life of intergalactic adventure.”
― Luke Skywalker Can't Read: And Other Geeky Truths
― Luke Skywalker Can't Read: And Other Geeky Truths
“To stand up straight with your shoulders back is to accept the terrible responsibility of life, with eyes wide open. It means deciding to voluntarily transform the chaos of potential into the realities of habitable order. It means adopting the burden of self-conscious vulnerability, and accepting the end of the unconscious paradise of childhood, where finitude and mortality are only dimly comprehended. It means willingly undertaking the sacrifices necessary to generate a productive and meaningful reality (it means acting to please God, in the ancient language).”
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
Karissa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Karissa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
2,025 books
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342 friends
10,751 books
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5,000 friends
1,691 books
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55 friends
1,697 books
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392 friends
21 books
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45 friends
443 books
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73 friends
356 books
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22 friends
2,498 books
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122 friends
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