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“Exactly. One must demand of each and every one what he or she is capable of. Authority is first and foremost based on reason. If you order your people to throw themselves into the sea, you will have a revolution on your hands. I have the right to demand obedience because my orders are reasonable ones.”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince
“Because at the end of the day, love wins.”
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“The psychoanalyst Erich Fromm had made this point more than fifty years earlier: “Modern man thinks he loses something — time — when he does not do things quickly; yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains except kill it.”
― Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
― Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
“Love wins.”
― Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
― Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
“You can still have another child. At least he lived a long life. She’s in a better place now. When you’re ready, you can always get another dog. It’s been a year; maybe it’s time to move on. To be sure, these comments are meant to comfort, but they’re also a way of protecting the speakers from the uncomfortable feelings that somebody else’s bad situation stirs up. Platitudes like these make a terrible circumstance more palatable for the person saying the words but leave the person experiencing the adversity feeling angry and alone.”
― Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
― Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Annam’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Annam’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
50 books
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50 friends
4 books
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7 friends
1,815 books
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21 friends
198 books
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111 friends
60 books
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124 friends
5 books
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102 friends
8 books
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33 friends
2 books
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27 friends
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