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What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20

by Tina Seelig

bookshelves: currently-reading, self-help

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The Bandit Queens

by Parini Shroff

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Ways of Seeing

by John Berger

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“Don't you understand? Listen carefully to what I'm saying. If you do, you'll get it. you can grasp this easily. In short...in short, I shut myself in because I'm lonely. Because I don't want to face any more loneliness, I shut myself away.”
― Tatsuhiko Takimoto, Welcome to the N.H.K.

tags: loneliness

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“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

tags: inspirational, music, philosophy

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“That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake

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“Goodbye," said the fox. "And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

tags: most-famous-novella

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“To a hikikomori, winter is painful because everything feels cold, frozen over, and lonely. To a hikikomori, spring is also painful because everyone is in a good mood and therefore enviable. Summer, of course, is especially painful...”
― Tatsuhiko Takimoto, Welcome to the N.H.K.

tags: sad-but-true

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