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his beloved Hephaestion lay dead. The man had been everything to him—confidant, cavalry commander, Grand Vizier, lover. Aristotle had taught him as a child that a friend was a second self, and that had been Hephaestion. He recalled with
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“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”
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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.”
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“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
“The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
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Jessica’s 2025 Year in Books
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