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“I realized that the world did not exist for my benefit. It followed that the ratio of pleasant and unpleasant things around me would not change. It wasn't up to me. It was clear that the best thing to do was to adopt a sort of muddled cheerfulness.”
― Kitchen
― Kitchen
“I did not want to think so much about her. I wanted to take her as an unexpected, delightful gift, that had come and would go again — nothing more. I meant not to give room to the thought that it could ever be more. I knew too well that all love has the desire for eternity and that therein lies its eternal torment. Nothing lasts. Nothing.”
― Three Comrades
― Three Comrades
“Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.”
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“One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.”
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“A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.”
― It Seems to Me: Selected Letters
― It Seems to Me: Selected Letters
Luisa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Luisa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
9,932 books
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825 friends
1,563 books
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76 friends
842 books
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50 friends
429 books
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73 friends
262 books
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153 friends
139 books
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132 friends
2,017 books
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104 friends
106 books
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73 friends
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