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There was a theorist called Zygmunt Bauman who wrote about “liquid love,” the idea that late capitalism had “liquified” a lot of connections between people. When the world is a marketplace, he argued, we don’t want to tie ourselves tightly
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“Still, there are times I am bewildered by each mile I have traveled, each meal I have eaten, each person I have known, each room in which I have slept. As ordinary as it all appears, there are times when it is beyond my imagination.”
― Interpreter of Maladies
― Interpreter of Maladies
“These woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.”
― Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.”
― Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”
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“Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.”
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“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
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Around the World in 80 Books
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Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more
Manal’s 2025 Year in Books
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