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“Narrow minds devoid of imagination. Intolerance, theories cut off from reality, empty terminology, usurped ideals, inflexible systems. Those are the things that really frighten me. What I absolutely fear and loathe.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“If you cannot love me, I will die. Before you came I wanted to die, I have told you many times. It is cruel to have made me want to live only to make my death more bloody.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“Everything was beautiful. Not that there was anyone to share it with, anyone to tell. Just the beauty.”
― Heaven
― Heaven
“I know so many last words. But I will never know hers.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“No truth can cure the sorrow we feel from losing a loved one. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, no kindness can cure that sorrow. All we can do is see it through to the end and learn something from it, but what we learn will be no help in facing the next sorrow that comes to us without warning.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
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mary’s 2025 Year in Books
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