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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
“What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.”
― The Golden Notebook
― The Golden Notebook
“Only someone who is well prepared has the opportunity to improvise.”
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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
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“Work is about a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread, for recognition as well as cash, for astonishment rather than torpor; in short, for a sort of life rather than a Monday through Friday sort of dying.”
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Mariko’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mariko’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
450 books
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67 friends
100 books
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47 friends
623 books
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73 friends
7 books
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5 friends
62 books
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125 friends
1 book
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9 friends
138 books
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211 friends
3 books
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14 friends
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