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“Let's be kind and attentive to the individual man - whether he's a bishop, a peasant, an industrial magnate, a convict in the Sakhalin Islands or a waiter in a restaurant. Let's begin with respect, compassion and love for the individual - or we'll never get anywhere.”
― Life and Fate
― Life and Fate
“Everything that lives is unique. It is unimaginable that two people, or two briar-roses, should be identical . . . If you attempt to erase the peculiarities and individuality of life by violence, then life itself must suffocate.”
― Life and Fate
― Life and Fate
“I don't want you to be young and beautiful. I only want one thing. I want you to be kind-hearted - and not just towards cats and dogs.”
― Life and Fate
― Life and Fate
“Thousands of people are being buried and no one attends the funerals,' said one of the soldiers. 'In peacetime it's the other way round: one coffin and a hundred people carrying flowers.”
― Life and Fate
― Life and Fate
“Man and fascism cannot co-exist. If fascism conquers, man will cease to exist and there will remain only man-like creatures that have undergone an internal transformation. But if man, man who is endowed with reason and kindness, should conquer, then Fascism must perish, and those who have submitted to it will once again become people.”
― Life and Fate
― Life and Fate
Nini’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Nini’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
385 books
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22 friends
207 books
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10 friends
1,710 books
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101 friends
2 books
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5 friends
154 books
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22 friends
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