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“I realize the simple truth is that power isn’t control at all- power is strength, and giving that strength to others. A leader isn’t someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength to others so that they may have the strength to stand on their own.”
― Across the Universe
― Across the Universe
“I was told love should be unconditional. That's the rule, everyone says so. But if love has no boundaries, no limits, no conditions, why should anyone try to do the right thing ever? If I know I am loved no matter what, where is the challenge?”
― Gone Girl
― Gone Girl
“She looked at nice young men as if she could smell their stupidity.”
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“We are far too screwed up for a goddamned love triangle.”
― The Evolution of Mara Dyer
― The Evolution of Mara Dyer
“Graphomania (a mania for writing books) inevitably takes on epidemic proportions when a society develops to the point of creating three basic conditions: -
(1) an elevated level of general well being which allows people to devote themselves to useless activities
(2) a high degree of social atomization and , as a consequence, a general isolation of individuals;
(3) the absence of dramatic social changes in the nation's internal life.”
― The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
(1) an elevated level of general well being which allows people to devote themselves to useless activities
(2) a high degree of social atomization and , as a consequence, a general isolation of individuals;
(3) the absence of dramatic social changes in the nation's internal life.”
― The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
Claire’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Claire’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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249 friends
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649 friends
352 books
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263 books
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358 books
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78 friends
602 books
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43 friends
1,825 books
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181 friends
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