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“Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So I stayed in bed and drank. When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn’t have you by the throat.”
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“It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause”
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“He is not one: he is afraid. What is he afraid of? When you want to understand something you stand in front of it, alone, without help: all the past in the world is of no use. Then it disappears and what you wanted to understand disappears with it.”
― Nausea
― Nausea
“Do you think that I count the days? There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.”
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“The real 19th century prophet was Dostoevsky, not Karl Marx.”
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Philip’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Philip’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
482 books
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5 friends
2,286 books
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46 friends
101 books
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1,455 friends
580 books
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25 friends
436 books
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52 friends
195 books
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15 friends
984 books
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196 friends
259 books
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233 friends
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