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“I was hardly worthy of these surroundings. And then I became aware of all the magnificent silk wrapped about my body, and had the feeling I might drown in beauty. At that moment, beauty itself struck me as a kind of painful melancholy.”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
― Memoirs of a Geisha
“t felt like stepping into a spa, or a dream, or a memory she hadn’t known she missed.”
― The Dog Walker: The Prequel
― The Dog Walker: The Prequel
“Then, if you get mad at me, I know you are dealing with yourself. I am the excuse for you to get mad.”
― The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
― The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
“Nights and days came and passed
And summer and winter
and the rain.
And it was good to be a little Island.
A part of the world
and a world of its own
All surrounded by the bright blue sea.”
― The Little Island
And summer and winter
and the rain.
And it was good to be a little Island.
A part of the world
and a world of its own
All surrounded by the bright blue sea.”
― The Little Island
“I will cover minor and major human settlements equally, because most of those which were important in the past have diminished in significance by now, and those which were great in my own time were small in times past. I will mention both equally because I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.”
― The Histories
― The Histories
Otha’s 2025 Year in Books
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