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“Exploration, however, no longer seemed aimed at some outward discovery; rather, it was directed inward, to what guidebooks and brochures called “camping and wilderness therapy” and “personal growth through adventure.”
― The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
― The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
“Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much grief is about language, the failure of language and the grasping for language”
― Notes on Grief
― Notes on Grief
“If you consciously learn to regard the problems in your life as openings for you to adopt a greater understanding, and then develop a better way of living, you will step out of the labyrinth of suffering and learn what it means to thrive.”
― 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
― 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
“Does love bring, even if unconsciously, the delusional arrogance of expecting never to be touched by grief?”
― Notes on Grief
― Notes on Grief
“I wonder if maybe all you do is meet people & lose them & your smile fades the further you go because you have to carry the space they leave. Maybe it all turns to old pictures on a bookshelf, engaged rings, memories of sticking stars to a ceiling & maybe the space gets bigger & heavier every year.”
― The People We Keep
― The People We Keep
Sofia’s 2025 Year in Books
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