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the colonized can see right away if decolonization is taking place or not: The minimum demand is that the last become the first.
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“When I run out of the things I love, I move on to the things I don't hate too much, and sometimes I even discover that I can love the things I think I hate.”
― A Tale for the Time Being
― A Tale for the Time Being
“It’s a particular kind of pleasure, of intimacy, loving a book with someone.”
― Writers & Lovers
― Writers & Lovers
“You are here to decide if your life, relationships and world are true and beautiful enough for you. And if they are not and you dare to admit they are not, you must decide if you have the guts, the right - perhaps even the duty - to burn to the ground that which is not true and beautiful enough and get started building what is.”
― Untamed
― Untamed
“I find myself drawn to literature more now than in the past; not the individual works as much as the idea of literature—the heroic effort and nobility of our human desire to make beauty of our minds—which moves me to tears, and I have to brush them away, quickly, before anyone notices.”
― A Tale for the Time Being
― A Tale for the Time Being
“Do not think that time simply flies away. Do not understand “flying” as the only function of time. If time simply flew away, a separation would exist between you and time. So if you understand time as only passing, then you do not understand the time being.”
― A Tale for the Time Being
― A Tale for the Time Being
Claire’s 2025 Year in Books
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74 books
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244 books
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118 books
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34 books
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134 books
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161 books
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