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“Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.”
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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
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“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
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Richard’s 2025 Year in Books
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Art, Classics, History, Literary Fiction, Philosophy, 19th-century, czech-literature, italian-literature, latin-american-literature, polish-literature, irish-literature, hungarian-literature, scandinavian-literature, russian-literature, spanish-literature, dutch-literature, french-literature, german-literature, albanian-literature, asian-literature, american-history, danish, gay, visual-art, queer-lit, portuguese-literature, turkish-literature, serbian-literature, art-history, alternate-history, swedish-literature, theory, european-history, latin-american-history, chinese-literature, indian-literature, african-literature, canadian-literature, belgian, finnish-literature, photography, jewish, black-literature, criticism, architecture, classical-studies, literary-criticism, africa, romania, ireland, lebanon, kenya, brazil, portugal, hungary, poland, spain, holland, bulgaria, japan, urban-studies, cities, skepticism, womens, japanese-literature, lgbt, counter-culture, latin-american, film, design, atheism, bulgarian-literature, european-literature, urbanism, political-science, and ukraine
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