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“The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.”
― Piranesi
― Piranesi
“I realised that the search for the Knowledge has encouraged us to think of the House as if it were a sort of riddle to be unravelled, a text to be interpreted, and that if ever we discover the Knowledge, then it will be as if the Value has been wrested from the House and all that remains will be mere scenery.”
― Piranesi
― Piranesi
“Does such a thing as 'the fatal flaw,' that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“In my mind are all the tides, their seasons, their ebbs and their flows. In my mind are all the halls, the endless procession of them, the intricate pathways. When this world becomes too much for me, when I grow tired of the noise and the dirt and the people, I close my eyes and I name a particular vestibule to myself; then I name a hall.”
― Piranesi
― Piranesi
rho’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at rho’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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22 friends
58 books
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53 friends
60 books
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