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The Spire

by William Golding

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Aug 04, 2022 12:42AM

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Love in the Time of Cholera

by Gabriel García Márquez

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“It is our single friends who keep us in our marriages. They remind us that being single is sad. Dating, is sad. Online dating is sad. Attending holidays and weddings alone is sad. Marriage, too, is sad.

But love, lust, infatuation - for a few moments, I was not sad.”
― Melissa Broder, So Sad Today: Personal Essays

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“A quiet and modest life brings more joy than a pursuit of success bound with constant unrest.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: simple-living

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“For someone with anxiety, dramatic situations are, in a way, more comfortable than the mundane. In dramatic situations the world rises to meet you anxiety.”
― Melissa Broder, So Sad Today: Personal Essays

tags: anxiety, mundane

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“At the same time, I still can't come to terms with the fact that I am actually, definitely going to die one day, as this might lead to the realization that I might as well enjoy my one brief life, and who wants that.”
― Melissa Broder, So Sad Today: Personal Essays

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“I would say I'm less afraid of dying than I am of life.”
― Melissa Broder, The Pisces

tags: death, life

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