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“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
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“I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.”
― L'Étranger
― L'Étranger
“Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive.”
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“Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, except by your death. So long as you are alive, your case is doubtful; you have a right only to their skepticism.”
― The Fall
― The Fall
“Death is always on the way, but the fact that you don't know when it will arrive seems to take away from the finiteness of life. It's that terrible precision that we hate so much. But because we don't know, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. Yet everything happens a certain number of times, and a very small number, really. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, some afternoon that's so deeply a part of your being that you can't even conceive of your life without it? Perhaps four or five times more. Perhaps not even. How many more times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps twenty. And yet it all seems limitless.”
― The Sheltering Sky
― The Sheltering Sky
Xiaohan’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Xiaohan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
49 books
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2 friends
183 books
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2 books
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117 books
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5 friends
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