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“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
― Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
― Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.”
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“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist.”
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“Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Natalie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Natalie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Favorite Genres
Adult Fiction, Art, Biography, Book Club, Chick-lit, Children's, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Literary Fiction, Manga, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Romance, Science, Science fiction, Self help, Travel, Young-adult, and Women's Fiction
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