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What happened to girls who learned to please before they could speak, but who couldn’t very well discern what others wanted?
“Except for the people who were there that one day they discovered the polio vaccine, being part of history is rarely a good idea. History is one war after another with a bunch of murders and natural disasters in between.”
― Assassination Vacation
― Assassination Vacation
“People generally overestimate how distinct their lives are, so the commonalities seemed to them like a series of miracles.”
― The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
― The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
“Whenever I am calling god, her line is busy.”
― A Burning
― A Burning
“A certain man once lost a diamond cuff-link in the wide blue sea, and twenty years later, on the exact day, a Friday apparently, he was eating a large fish - but there was no diamond inside. That’s what I like about coincidence.”
― Laughter in the Dark
― Laughter in the Dark
“The art of not reading is a very important one. It consists in not taking an interest in whatever may be engaging the attention of the general public at any particular time. When some political or ecclesiastical pamphlet, or novel, or poem is making a great commotion, you should remember that he who writes for fools always finds a large public. A precondition for reading good books is not reading bad ones: for life is short.”
― Essays and Aphorisms
― Essays and Aphorisms
Catching up on Classics (and lots more!)
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Rachel’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Rachel’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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