I don’t like knowing people in the context of things. Oh, that’s the person I work out with. That’s the person I’m in a book club with. That’s the person I did that show with. Because once the context ends, so does the friendship.
“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”
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“The only purpose of cats is that they constitute mobile decorative objects.”
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
“Curiosity, especially intellectual inquisitiveness, is what separates the truly alive from those who are merely going through the motions.”
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“The unhappy person resents it when you try to cheer him up, because that means he has to stop dwelling on himself and start paying attention to the universe. Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence. When you're unhappy, you get to pay a lot of attention to yourself. You get to take yourself oh so very seriously.”
― Jitterbug Perfume
― Jitterbug Perfume
Jacquie’s 2025 Year in Books
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