Brian

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to-read‎ (1641)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (1267)
did-not-finish‎ (14)
maybe‎ (129)
children-picture‎ (61)
on-hold‎ (14)
1-of-a-new-series‎ (307)
classic‎ (292)
short-story‎ (285)
unread-classic‎ (276)
where-own-audio‎ (274)

unread-history‎ (269)
mystery‎ (244)
unread-hi-fi‎ (227)
fantasy‎ (196)
unread-mystery‎ (191)
science-fiction‎ (172)
thriller‎ (159)
unread-sci-fi‎ (134)
unread-fantasy‎ (125)
horror‎ (119)
where-own-digital‎ (110)
children-juvenile‎ (109)

unread-japan-lit‎ (106)
unread-science‎ (103)
where-own‎ (103)
unread-philosophy‎ (99)
japanese-literature‎ (92)
tome‎ (90)
historical-fiction‎ (69)
unread-ancient‎ (68)
adventure‎ (67)
paranormal‎ (63)
favorite‎ (62)
where-library‎ (61)

unread-writing‎ (59)
unread-children‎ (56)
short-story-collection‎ (54)
unread-adventure‎ (54)
unread-travel‎ (50)
history‎ (49)
unread-audio-course‎ (46)
unread-biography‎ (42)
unread-short-story-collections‎ (38)
2024‎ (36)
dystopia‎ (36)
unread-holmes-pastiche‎ (35)

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“There are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely-or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands.”
― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

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“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: death, fear, inspirational

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“If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer

tags: christianity

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“Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: art, painting

1953 likes

“There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: blame, guilt

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