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“She may know a little, may think of herself, face and body, as ‘pretty’… but he could never tell her all the rest, how many other living things, birds, nights smelling of grass and rain, sunlit moments of simple peace, also gather in what she is to him.”
― Gravity’s Rainbow
― Gravity’s Rainbow
“One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often.”
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“It's always night, or we wouldn't need light.”
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“Laboring through a world every day more stultified, which expected salvation in codes and governments, ever more willing to settle for suburban narratives and diminished payoffs--what were the chances of finding anyone else seeking to transcend that, and not even particularly aware of it?”
― Against the Day
― Against the Day
“Og engang skal hver eneste mann på jord erkjenne, at det var i ungdommen han kunne gjort alt, men ikke gjorde det. Engang skal han erkjenne den bitreste av alle sannheter: at livet ikke kan leves om igjen; at ungdom er noe som bare unge mennesker har, og som bare gamle mennesker forstår å bruke.”
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Stian’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Stian’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
98 books
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10 friends
898 books
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862 friends
14,169 books
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448 friends
1,144 books
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71 friends
3,531 books
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2,573 friends
1,675 books
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303 friends
972 books
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599 friends
4,279 books
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4,950 friends
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