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“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
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“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
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“The city atmosphere certainly has improved her. Some way she doesn't seem like the same woman.”
― The Awakening
― The Awakening
“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
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“I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.”
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Halston’s 2024 Year in Books
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