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“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
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“Common sense is not so common.”
― A Pocket Philosophical Dictionary
― A Pocket Philosophical Dictionary
“The old endless chain of love, tolerance, indifference, aversion and disgust”
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“You discarded most of the lies along the way but held on to the one that said life mattered.”
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“…in that moment, as he saw and smelled how irresistible its effect was and how with lightning speed it spread and made captives of the people all around him—in that moment his whole disgust for humankind rose up again within him and completely soured his triumph, so that he felt not only no joy, but not even the least bit of satisfaction. What he had always longed for—that other people should love him—became at the moment of his achievement unbearable, because he did not love them himself, he hated them. And suddenly he knew that he had never found gratification in love, but always only in hatred—in hating and in being hated.”
― Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
― Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Laura’s 2025 Year in Books
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159 books
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327 books
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137 books
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