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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

“I don't really feel like anything these day. Just a beautiful husk filled with opinions about globalism and a strong desire to go out for dinner.”
― Rebecca K. Reilly

“If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.”
― Jane Austen, Emma

“This was the key to flourishing in graduate school. You could do anything if you were delusional.”
― R.F. Kuang, Katabasis