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“it is a grave error to imagine that the world is not preparing for the disrupted planet of the future. It’s just that it’s not preparing by taking mitigatory measures or by reducing emissions: instead, it is preparing for a new geopolitical struggle for dominance.”
― The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis
― The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis
“You were as much a victim of the violence you inflicted as of the violence you endured.”
― Qui a tué mon père
― Qui a tué mon père
“Last month, when I came to see you, you asked me just before I left, Are you still involved in politics? The word still was a reference to my first year in high school, when I belonged to a radical leftist party and we argued because you thought I’d get myself into trouble if I took part in illegal demonstrations. Yes, I told you, more and more involved. You let three or four seconds go by. Then you said, You’re right. You’re right — what we need is a revolution.”
― Qui a tué mon père
― Qui a tué mon père
“What we call history is nothing but the story of the same emotions, the same joys, reproduced across bodies and time”
― Qui a tué mon père
― Qui a tué mon père
“Among those who have everything, I have never seen a family go to the seashore just to celebrate a political decision, because for them politics changes almost nothing. This is something I realized when I went to live in Paris, far away from you: the ruling class may complain about a left-wing government, they may complain about a right-wing government, but no government ever ruins their digestion, no government ever breaks their backs, no government ever inspires a trip to the beach. Politics never changes their lives, at least not much. What’s strange, too, is that they’re the ones who engage in politics, though it has almost no effect on their lives. For the ruling class, in general, politics is a question of aesthetics: a way of seeing themselves, of seeing the world, of constructing a personality. For us it was life or death.”
― Qui a tué mon père
― Qui a tué mon père
Sanne’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Sanne’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
332 books
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102 friends
465 books
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79 friends
459 books
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42 friends
266 books
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66 friends
1,341 books
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207 friends
114 books
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23 friends
329 books
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71 friends
229 books
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25 friends
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