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Jamie Austin
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“There is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, 'There now, hang on, you'll get over it.' Sadness is more or less like a head cold- with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer.”
― The Bean Trees
― The Bean Trees
“Las lágrimas que no se lloran
esperan en pequeños lagos?
O serán ríos invisibles
que corren hacia la tristeza?”
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esperan en pequeños lagos?
O serán ríos invisibles
que corren hacia la tristeza?”
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“I stumbled out into the courtyard to try to flee my misery, but of course we can never flee the misery that is within us.”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
― Memoirs of a Geisha
“if it makes you happy, then why the hell are you so sad?”
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“I think there is something beautiful in reveling in sadness. The proof is how beautiful sad songs can be. So I don’t think being sad is to be avoided. It’s apathy and boredom you want to avoid. But feeling anything is good, I think. Maybe that’s sadistic of me.”
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Jamie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jamie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
389 books
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14 friends
451 books
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84 friends
956 books
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15 friends
170 books
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733 friends
1,703 books
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51 friends
2,153 books
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2,343 friends
104 books
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8 friends
82 books
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49 friends
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