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“Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.”
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“What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.”
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
“I go to seek a Great Perhaps.”
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“He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn’t yet lived.”
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“That life - whatever else it is - is short. That fate is cruel but maybe not random. That Nature (meaning Death) always wins but that doesn’t mean we have to bow and grovel to it. That maybe even if we’re not always so glad to be here, it’s our task to immerse ourselves anyway: wade straight through it, right through the cesspool, while keeping eyes and hearts open. And in the midst of our dying, as we rise from the organic and sink back ignominiously into the organic, it is a glory and a privilege to love what Death doesn’t touch.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
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Shapovalova’s 2025 Year in Books
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