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“Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― 1984
― 1984
“The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line. The objection to it is not that it is predominantly painful, but that it is lacking in sense.”
― A Mencken Chrestomathy
― A Mencken Chrestomathy
“By its nature, the metropolis provides what otherwise could be given only by traveling; namely, the strange.”
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
“To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness.”
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Igor’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Igor’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
366 books
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84 friends
470 books
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15 friends
812 books
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359 friends
62 books
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537 friends
163 books
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16 friends
1 book
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43 friends
32 books
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35 friends
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Art, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Ebooks, Graphic novels, Music, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Science, and Travel
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