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“It's quite an undertaking to start loving somebody. You have to have energy, generosity, blindness. There is even a moment right at the start where you have to jump across an abyss: if you think about it you don't do it.”
― Nausea
― Nausea
“A First Sign of the Beginning of Understanding is the Wish to Die.”
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“I am alone in the midst of these happy, reasonable voices. All these creatures spend their time explaining, realizing happily that they agree with each other. In Heaven's name, why is it so important to think the same things all together. ”
― Nausea
― Nausea
“Is anyone anywhere happy?”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
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sam’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at sam’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Art, Classics, Comics, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Manga, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Romance, Suspense, Thriller, and Young-adult
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